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drewcoo on July 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twike

Is it equivocation to call both a puddle and a downpour wet? No.

Same for clean here. These are not different definitions of the same word. They are different members of the same category.

andai on July 21, 2021 [–]

Still, there's an important distinction between a fine mist of Alzheimer's inducing particles, and a puddle of horse piss.

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