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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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The difference between a 27″ television and an 80″ television is negligible.
The difference between not having a radio and having one is incredible.Report
Stupefying is one of those words that has evolved to mean almost the exact opposite of how it used to be used.
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And i had to look at this sentence three times to make sure there wasn’t a spelling error, because the two ‘used’ are pronounced (at least to me) in two different ways.Report
Is it? What does it mean now, and what did it used to mean? I’ve only ever heard it used to mean shocking or amazing, never as a synonym for stultifying.Report