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mbork_pl
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What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017)
> It’s one of my favourite words
Wait, shouldn't it be the second one, right after _petrichor_?
wongarsu
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A this point I'm just waiting for a Webster article how some people understand "one of" to mean "the only" instead of "a member of the set of". This seems to be getting more common
mbork_pl
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Good point, stupid me!
Waterluvian
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In my opinion, that's a very ugly word for such a beautiful smell.
mbork_pl
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What's ugly about "petrichor"???
Waterluvian
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My opinion, of course. But it’s not pleasant looking or sounding.
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Wait, shouldn't it be the second one, right after _petrichor_?