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marybourg

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4. Well, I guess the word "quashed", which used to apply to

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2020, 03:46 PM

May 2020

non corporeal things like rumors, rulings, and the like has been replaced by the similar-sounding, but somewhat humorous “squashed”, which used to apply only to things like vegetables, insects 🐜, and the contents of suitcases. The living language!

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