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		TMWNN on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitt... To paraphrase Samuel Johnson, dictionary definitions are the last resort of someone flailing for an argument.

nzp on April 15, 2022 [–]

Not if the argument is essentially about dictionary definitions. FWIW, if I had to imagine someone saying something is amazing without any context my understanding would tend towards the “old” meaning.

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