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(namely implies he's the only one to have done it, I think..)
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[[Image:Homely boy brand huge tube socks.PNG|thumb|"You might could sleep in one!"]]
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Instead of using simply "might" or "could", characters of the [[Homestar Runner universe]], particularly [[Homestar Runner]] himself, tend to sometimes say '''might could''' instead.
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Such usages of "non-standard" [[Wikipedia:Double_modal#Double_modal|double modals]] are common in the [[wikipedia:Southern American English|vernacular]] of the Southern United States, including [[Georgia]], where [[The Brothers Chaps]] live.
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== Appearances ==
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*Email [[modeling]] — An ad for [[Products from modeling|Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks]] states that "You might could sleep in one!"
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*[[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar says that he "might could die" after sledding down the [[Steep Deep]].
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*[[Best Caper Ever]] — Homestar exclaims "I just can't stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today!"
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[[Category:Word running gags]]
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