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Old 06-09-21 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Kapusta
Who do people who don’t like the term “brifter” want to call them “shifters” and not “brake levers”?
Because they can't justify three syllables when there's a perfectly cromulent two syllable portmanteau.
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