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        1416 days ago

        Quick, someone said “irony” and nobody knows what that is! I’ll vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary as if they were wrong, and therefore I won the debate.

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          216 days ago

          Quick, someone said “irony” and nobody knows what that is!

          Happens more often than you’d like to think.

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            1216 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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              316 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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                  115 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.