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Re:What Wikipedia Did by api on Sunday May 14, 2023 @09:32AM (#35937814)
Thanks for that phrase. I love it.
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Re:What Wikipedia Did by yreg on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:35AM (#35938757)
I've got it from @libraryofbabel here on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25710994

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Re:What Wikipedia Did by karaterobot on Sunday May 14, 2023 @12:44PM (#35939264)
There's even a quote investigator entry for this phrase, which dates to at least 1911, though I'd assume it's been around almost as long as the original idiom it's an inversion of.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/08/30/practice/

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