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Boogers · 12/12/2016 22:34

I don't have the best spelling or grammar, and I try hard not to nitpick on MN, but some things really boil my urine.

"Very unique".

No. It's unique. Unique means it's not been done before. It is unique, one of a kind, different. The 'very' in front of it is superfluous. You can't have something that is 'very unique '. It's either unique or it isn't.

"Deadly killer", as said by Caroline Lucas on my local news last week.

I thought the two words meant the same thing. If something is deadly it implies it will kill you. If something is described as 'killer', again, it implies it will kill you. If you describe something as a 'deadly killer' does that mean you die twice?

No point to the thread, just a rant.

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