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HN is a great place to learn new things. And new words! This is the first time I’ve ever heard the word “cantankerous” :)
by codetrotter 5y ago
HN is a great place to learn new things. And new words! This is the first time I’ve ever heard the word “cantankerous” :)
- psalminen 5y agoAgreed. I can think of a few words off hand I learned here. Rejoinder has probably been my favorite.
- didericis 5y agoCan often learn the most words from the magniloquence of cantankerous rejoinders. I’m actually just as thankful for all the words I don’t have to learn here. This is often the first place I go to when I want to look for a distilled, “real” take on something by people capable of communicating with a lot of jargon but generally choose to speak simply and succinctly.
- xbar 5y agoThis resonates for me.