• frezik
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    15 days ago

    You mean the bit where you vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary as if they were wrong, and therefore won the debate? Maybe you should stop doing that and people will downvote you less.

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      15 days ago

      you vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary

      I guess I’m so old that I assume Merriam-Webster is unspoken default. Do you have a different dictionary that you prefer?

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          14 days ago

          If you have one specific one in mind

          Merriam-Webster.

          Although the definitions overlap heavily, so you’re not pegged to that one.