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A collection of obscure put-downs
A judgment call
We’re already at the end of May?!
The awkward case of 'his or her'
embolization 'the process by which a blood vessel or organ is obstructed by a material mass'
oleaginous 'marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality'
pansexual 'sexual desire or attraction...not limited to a particular gender identity or sexual orientation'
symbiote 'an organism living in symbiosis'
charlatan 'faker or fraud'
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of the same or a similar kind or nature
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