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drethelin comments on Open Thread, September 23-29, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 27 September 2013 09:10:04PM 5 points [-]

Slang vocabulary tends to become more consistent and repetitive over time in my experience. New phrases will appear and then go to fixation until everyone uses them. The only answer is to try to be as creative as possible in your own word choices.