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Re:House passes $1.6B to deliver anti-China propaganda overseas by throw310822 on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:49AM (#41518497)
> while remaining a stolid ally to the US

nice typo

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Re:House passes $1.6B to deliver anti-China propaganda overseas by cced on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:55AM (#41518527)
> From Middle French stolide, ‘stolid’…

> calm and not emotional

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Re:House passes $1.6B to deliver anti-China propaganda overseas by throw310822 on Thursday September 12, 2024 @04:15AM (#41518653)
You're right, I've always misinterpreted the word, it's more neutral than I thought!

It comes from the Latin stolidus: “inert, dull, stupid”. So it's a strange case of a word with initially negative connotations that becomes somewhat neutral. Although Oxford Languages (Google's source) lists also "bovine", "lethargic", "torpid" and "stupid" as similar words, after "impassive", "unemotional" and "calm".

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