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tyingq 2019-10-03 11:58:39+00:00 | [–] update item (on: Auto-Antonyms )

I like the 3rd definition of this word: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trump

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tschwimmer | karma 2766 | avg karma 5.07 | 2018-08-13 19:19:06+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Starting your own bank is laborious but profitable (2009) )

check out definition 2: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

BerislavLopac | karma 29912 | avg karma 5.43 | 2015-08-09 16:19:45+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: A guy literally “#tweeting” on the cover of an Amiga World from 1988 )

I'll just leave this here... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

NeutronStar | karma 34 | avg karma 0.09 | 2021-04-01 05:16:43+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Baltimore plant ruins 15M Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccines )

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/he

2nd definition.

shooner | karma | avg karma | 2020-01-09 20:01:53 | [–] similar comments (on: 23andMe licenses its own drug compound to Spanish firm Almirall )

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

worik | karma 4182 | avg karma 1.49 | 2021-11-18 14:25:57 | [–] similar comments (on: OpenAI’s API Now Available with No Waitlist )

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

throwawayXYZ83 | karma 2 | avg karma 2.0 | 2014-02-14 00:01:24+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: The Couple That Pays Each Other to Put Kids to Bed )

The second definition is being used here:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logic

quitit | karma 2541 | avg karma 3.42 | 2022-02-07 15:40:36 | [–] similar comments (on: /r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrification )

Usage intended as per https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/principle

navbaker | karma 799 | avg karma 2.33 | 2021-09-06 20:46:27 | [–] similar comments (on: Depression, social anxiety, and neuroticism related to phubbing in friendships )

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/snub is the definition that fits this usage.

xd1936 | karma 2334 | avg karma 5.22 | 2017-03-15 15:01:06+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Trolling the Entire Internet )

The best definitions I could find:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=e%2Fn

goodpoint | karma 2939 | avg karma 0.85 | 2023-04-12 07:12:01 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask HN: Is the job market brutal? or is it just me? )

Thanks, I thought it had only the first meaning:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/willy-nilly

mkonecny | karma 356 | avg karma 3.24 | 2019-09-28 15:30:21+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Orangutan with Human Rights Begins New Life in Florida )

Definition:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony

Izkata | karma 8171 | avg karma 1.58 | 2019-12-31 05:07:23+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Blue light may not be as disruptive to sleep patterns as thought: mouse study )

You got me curious: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unharmful

ChrisMarshallNY | karma 26729 | avg karma 3.63 | 2021-11-14 08:07:05 | [–] similar comments (on: Red Herring )

Sort of like a macguffin: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MacGuffin

pc86 | karma 24701 | avg karma 2.58 | 2022-05-13 13:31:05 | [–] similar comments (on: Employers’ Use of AI Tools Can Violate the Americans with Disabilities Act )

Might I suggest: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/term%20of%20art

Jon_Lowtek | karma 1397 | avg karma 2.87 | 2022-06-17 11:51:46 | [–] similar comments (on: Why I'm now making drugs for cats (and you should too) )

try this one: https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retard

mamon | karma 1383 | avg karma 0.98 | 2019-06-20 04:23:42+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Estimate the size of your English vocabulary (2014) )

Turns out it is: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steepy

awirth | karma 379 | avg karma 3.21 | 2019-08-21 05:42:43 | [–] similar comments (on: Court Rules That “Patent Troll” Is Opinion, Not Defamation )

Etymonline suggests it might be a combination of both definitions: https://www.etymonline.com/word/troll

sokoloff | karma 41892 | avg karma 2.58 | 2012-06-03 21:00:56+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Ask YC: If there's a talent crunch, why is finding part time work so hard? )

Noun definition 2 here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shingle

ineedasername | karma 21111 | avg karma 2.94 | 2021-10-26 15:07:07 | [–] similar comments (on: This Word Does Not Exist )

Interesting that it comes up with a definition that might incorporate the sense of any root words (if present):

https://l.thisworddoesnotexist.com/pr7C

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