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For what it's worth, LWN maintains the same attitude towards "very" today.

• Animats 11mo ago
  "Very unique" has its own problem.[1] It started appearing online around 2007, according to Google Trends. Sometimes in the description of NFTs. As an absolute adjective, "unique" should not be modified.[1] But now, "very unique" has joined the vocabulary of meaningless marketing phrases. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/very-unique-and-absolute-adjectives https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/very-unique-and-abso...