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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Colloquialization doesn't *dilute* language, it *thickens* it. Using a powerful word to describe something else can be *glorious*. It's allusion, metaphor, simile. It's poesie. It's *fine*. Bemoaning the "tsunami" of bad news doesn't cheapen the deaths of people who die in real tsunamis.
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2026-03-19T13:05:15.248Z