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Re:The Great $50M African IP Address Heist by tlb on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @09:56PM (#21768900)
The usage aligns with definition 1 ("commonly named") but not definition 2 ("falsely or improperly so named") at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-called
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Re:The Great $50M African IP Address Heist by C1sc0cat on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:17AM (#21771201)
I have never heard of the "commonly named" usage certainly in modern usage "so called" is always negative.
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