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spurn is not a rare word. even according to your link its use has held since pretty much the 1980s.
by swang 10y ago
spurn is not a rare word. even according to your link its use has held since pretty much the 1980s.
- gaius 10y agoI saw someone use the phrase "spurned into action" the other day, which may be an autocorrect fail but if not it was a clever usage of the word.
- scentoni 10y agoFor clarification: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spurn#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spurn#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spur#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spur#Verb
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