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Is obviouser a word? (Original Post) gibraltar72 Mar 2017 OP
no Thomas Hurt Mar 2017 #1
bigly is, why not obviouser? Motley13 Mar 2017 #2
It nauseates me to see "bigly" becoming part of the lexicon. A stupid word from a stupid man Squinch Mar 2017 #5
It is if you need to reach that Triple Word Score blm Mar 2017 #3
It's a perfectly cromulent word. johnp3907 Mar 2017 #4

Squinch

(50,935 posts)
5. It nauseates me to see "bigly" becoming part of the lexicon. A stupid word from a stupid man
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 04:41 PM
Mar 2017

that makes everything it's included in sound stupid. It's used so much as a joke that it's inches away from becoming accepted.

Obviouser may be wrong, but it doesn't make my scalp shrink.

johnp3907

(3,730 posts)
4. It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 03:41 PM
Mar 2017

It's good to embiggen your vocabulary, although some grammar purists may remain intragnizent.

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