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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

Fascinating essay! I hate it when that red squiggly line appears below words that make perfect sense but, for some reason, are not in the software's lexicon.

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Yes, definitely. I regularly—and perhaps too often—click 'add to dictionary'. Thank you for the comment, Rohan.

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David Roberts's avatar

I came across the word unperplex in a John Donne poem. I used it to describe the passion of romantic love. It sounds better than "solve" or "complete."

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Unperplex is good. I like that very much, though it sounds, to me, more intellectual. "I would like to be unperplexed about his political opinions," for instance. Thank you for the comment and for the new word, David.

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Colin Griffiths's avatar

I construe that your dictionary is lacking, for what it's worth. I am indeed gruntled to be able to report this, but maybe corrigible in the event that I have misconstrued. Ah the variety and vagaries of the English language.

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Ha very nice—thank you for the comment, Colin.

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