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Re:Why Do We Keep Reading the Great Gatsby? by CADBOT on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:22PM (#25839044)
Purple? How is prose purple? Genuinely curious if this is an alternate usage for the word or a typo.
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Re:Why Do We Keep Reading the Great Gatsby? by machello13 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:36PM (#25839208)
Google says "prose that is too elaborate or ornate".
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