• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Except precedented is definitely a word that is used, particularly in the legal field, so the dictionary would definitely win that argument.

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      17 hours ago

      A couple of decades in the future the addition of “Presidented” to American English (verb: to arbitrarily make a declaration or issue an order, implicitly illegally) will really confuse things