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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Not that any of us should care.
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Well, a lot of people do seem to care—this is one of the more frequently suggested words on the Forum. Here’s a longish earlier post with even more to not care about: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … p?pid=1949
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I’ve come across “lacks a daisy,” used by two different teachers (phys ed, if it needs mentioning) in two widely separated schools to describe children who were insouciant.
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