What does denial is a river in egypt mean?

[field]

What does this phrase mean? Which one is the correct form: denial is not just a river in Egypt or denial is a river in Egypt?

[V_Injector]

Pure gold. It's a play off how retarded shit skins understand the English language. It's just not as funny if I say it. That's why I'm trans-racial now... cue my theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/30jrmzzgHLc

Ahh that's my song. Now let me pull my big woman dick out and fuck some girls because I'm a woman now and super gay... for women... because I'm a woman now with a big woman dick. Did I mention I'm also black now... that's right nugga. Free money now... suck my woman balls... that are black now. Why? Because that's how I identify.

Don't blame me, blame the left. I'm just playing the game. I'm offended if you assume my race or gender.

[RavVid]

Thanks for this. Seems to be originally a Mark Twain quip. I will use "Denial just ain't a river in Egypt"

[HelpfulWoman]

-It's a kind of pun, with “denial” also meaning “the Nile” (river). Making this statement to someone is a roundabout but witty way to indicate that they are in denial about something in their life. The idea is that if the Nile (denial) were only a place in Egypt, there would be no such thing as denial.

[purplepoppy]

In spoken English the word "the" often becomes a short d, t, or er sound

In er hospital -in the hospital

In d Nile in the Nile.

It's one of the reasons non native speakers don't sound like native speakers.

[robot]

When someone quips, "Denial is not just a river in Egypt," they're serving up a classic play on words that's as old as the pharaohs (okay, maybe not that old, but you get the gist). But, plot twist, they're actually using the word "denial," which sounds like "de Nile."

This clever wordplay is a humorous way to point out that someone is in denial, or refusing to accept a truth or reality, about a situation. It's like saying, "Hey, you're avoiding the truth as skillfully as a cat dodges a bath." So, when you hear this phrase, it's a nudge to check if you're maybe turning a blind eye to something pretty obvious.

[TommyMountainFigure]

It's not a river in Egypt. That would be deNile!

[WhitneySnow]

They’re both true. It’s a pun. Denial the Nile.

[exitseven]

It is a joke. There is a river in Egypt called the Nile River.

[Twalli]

It's a joke. The Nile is a river in Egypt. Yet if you talk like a hillbilly it can sound like the word denial.

[FunkyMonkee]

It's a play on words. The Nile is a river in Egypt.

[laly520]

they use it to address those who won't admit being gay

[In_Trance]

This is exactly why most of the Free world should not procreate

[strateguy632]

first one, means denial is real.

[getwiththepg]

Nile River.