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  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    Not "defending them" at any point in this conversation, but ok

    Edit: and I'm not downvoting you, except the two misgendering comments up top

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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      4 years ago

      This thread is literally on their behalf, that is LOVE bruh and don't you deny it

      and I’m not downvoting you, except the two misgendering comments up top

      So there's two of them huh, damn got yourself a Donkey and Puss-y in Boots

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        This thread is literally on their behalf

        I just stated the meaning of the turn of phrase they used because it looked like you didn't know what it meant.

        Then you somehow managed to misgender them twice, when we all have our pronouns right next to our names, in a thread about a fucking pronoun struggle session.

        You then argued that "I can see [thing i predict]" isn't a turn of phrase (it is)

        Then you accused me of "white knighting" but tried to be cute about it

        That's it

        That's all this thread is

        • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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          Does "turn of phrase" mean something different in British land, you literally don't know what the term means, since you confused a declarative statement that used the word "see" as an Intransitive Verb, there is no expression being used, they clearly thought they would literally see (as in the action of seeing regarding the action of reading) a state of alienation as a result of the struggle session

          If they used the word "see" as an idiom then their comment is gibberish

          Then you somehow managed to misgender them twice,

          Yeah I don't know any trans people in real life so this doesn't come easily, I have to think and check before I type, and I got your pronouns stuck in my head instead thanks to your reflexive white knighting

          Then you accused me of “white knighting”

          Want me to say it again

          • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            "I can see [thing i predict]" is an idiomatic way of saying "i predict [thing i predict]" which is what a turn of phrase is

            And i literally have not defended them at all in this entire thread, go back and read it.

            • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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              4 years ago

              It's not idiomatic, "I can see" is a positive declarative statement using an INTRANSITIVE VERB "see" to lead into another positive declarative statement in the form of a prediction, there's no "turning" because the phrase was already clear, there's no allusion

              • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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                Neither the Merriam Webster, the Oxford English, nor the Cambridge dictionaries make any indication there needs to be allusion, it just means "a way of saying something"

                MW
                Cambridge
                Oxford isn't available online as far as i can tell, but I checked in my physical one

                • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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                  4 years ago

                  It's almost like the term is devoid of content and only makes sense when used as a synonym for "idiom"

                  • Abraxiel
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                    4 years ago

                    You should both log off for a while.

                    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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                      It only means something when used as a synonym for "idiom" which is why I've been disagreeing with you this whole time, THEY did not use an idiom which is why I asked them if they had anything to back up their declarative statement/prediction, then you went CRAZY!!! or as the brits say BONKERS!!! and tried to lop my head off

                      Well nephew I hope you learned a valuable lesson today

                      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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                        I CAN SEE THING HAPPENING IS A TURN OF PHRASE
                        YOU SAID IT ISN'T A TURN OF PHRASE
                        THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ARGUING
                        AND YOUR WEIRD DEFLECTIONS INTO MY NON EXISTENT WHITE KNIGHTING THAT I HAVENT BEEN DOING
                        AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                        • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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                          4 years ago

                          It's a turn of phrase if you have a dumb definition of the term "turn of phrase"

                          I have a superior definition, which means I win

                          You can consider school out of session 👍