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Steve H

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Re: Word of the day
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2024, 03:18:43 PM »
I must admit to having felt a modicum of epicaricacy at the fate of the Toreis on the night of July 4th and 5th.
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Re: Word of the day
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2024, 10:18:36 PM »
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"Years, lovers, and glasses of wine. These are things that should never be counted."

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Re: Word of the day
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2024, 12:02:40 PM »
enshittification

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The gradual degradation of an online platform or service's functionality, as part of a cycle in which the platform or service first offers benefits to users to attract them, then pursues more and more profits at the expense of users.
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"Years, lovers, and glasses of wine. These are things that should never be counted."

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Re: Word of the day
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2024, 12:33:22 PM »
Pokemon.
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I discovered to day that "pokemon" is a portmanteau word, short for "poketto monsutera", which is Anglo-Japanese for "pocket monsters". I discovered years ago, from 'A Ride In the Neon Sun', josie Dew's account of her tour of Japan by bike, that there are quite a lot of English loan-words in Japanese, their spelling and pronunciation altered to conform to Japanese practise, eg "curejitu cado", credit card.
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