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8 obscure words for bodily harm
The awkward case of 'his or her'
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'
lowlife 'a person of low moral character'
kakistocracy 'government by the worst people'
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to treat with excessive attention
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