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Originally Posted by Athens80 (Post 17688280)

You explicitly asked him to "go on" so there's no surprise that he did. And you said that "brifter" "isn't in the language," indicating either that you are unaware of how a language's word stock changes over time, or you're knowingly being difficult.

+ 1. This interchange makes me think of this cartoon from Dilbert, Wally Wins A Nobel For Economics - Dilbert Comic Strip on 2015-04-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

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Originally Posted by Athens80 (Post 17688280)

I asked him to go on because I expected exactly the continued patronizing that he served up. Certainly no surprise that he did.

I said "brifter" isn't in the language because it is not in the formal English language. You don't really see it outside these forums.

I wanted to watch him leap up the ladder of inference, which he did admirably.

Yeah, it's rough getting marked, but it is avoidable.