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The usage aligns with definition 1 ("commonly named") but not definition 2 ("falsely or improperly so named") at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-c
by tlb 7y ago
The usage aligns with definition 1 ("commonly named") but not definition 2 ("falsely or improperly so named") at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-called https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-called
- C1sc0cat 7y agoI have never heard of the "commonly named" usage certainly in modern usage "so called" is always negative.