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Re:You’re probably using the wrong dictionary (2014) by greggyb on Saturday April 27, 2019 @09:12AM (#19765319)
Do you find it fustian?
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Re:You’re probably using the wrong dictionary (2014) by specialist on Saturday April 27, 2019 @10:24AM (#19765686)
ppod wrote: "prescriptive aesthetic paternalism"

Made my day.

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Re:You’re probably using the wrong dictionary (2014) by ppod on Saturday April 27, 2019 @05:51PM (#19767848)
I'm not criticising it for being overwrought, rather that it is self-consciously attempting to be "elegant" in an unnatural way.
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