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		mnw21cam 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural div... I certainly use the word "exciting" in ways that that might be non-standard, like for instance describing when everything has gone catastrophically wrong.

jimnotgym 4 days ago [–]

It is almost as good as when Sir Humphrey told the minister his idea was 'courageous', meaning an enormous risk.

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