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Old 01-11-2025, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Balticfox View Post
Good eye! I hadn't even noticed that yet.



A very curious use of quotation marks indeed.

Well, sure, in one sense they are of course abusing but the term can have a very pejorative and contemptuous connotation implying some sort of moral failing, at least as I have heard it, and that may not necessarily be warranted in some cases.
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