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Just What’s So Weird About That ‘Flex'?
When you can’t help but show off.
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“Flex.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flex. Accessed 19 January 2020.
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The first known use of flex was circa 1521
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