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Re:Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a ... by packetslave on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:14PM (#18304198)
fornicating

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Re:Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a ... by bsder on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:35PM (#18304364)
To be fair, I had to look it up to realize that the word implies that both parties are unmarried.

In today's parlance, "fornicate" generally is just a synonym for sexual congress.

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Re:Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a ... by mikeryan on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:33PM (#18304764)
Wait now I'm confused. Fornicate means Have sexual intercourse with someone one is not married to.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fornicate

Seems the original use was accurate no?

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Re:Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a ... by braythwayt on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:50PM (#18304874)
Welcome to English as it is spoken, vs, English as it is defined.
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Re:Google paid Andy Rubin $90M while keeping silent about a ... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 25, 2018 @11:20PM (#18306511)
Er, except the actual cited definition matches use (there is an uncited definition upthread that doesn't, but that definition of just a poor definition, since definitions aim to describe use.)
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