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Original poster

It’s flouting not flaunting

11 replies

Mascotte · 04/04/2020 22:57

It’s doing my head in.

OP posts:

nellodee · 04/04/2020 22:58

If you've got it, flout it.

lazylinguist · 04/04/2020 22:59

Yep, seeing 'flaunting the rules' everywhere at the moment!

lottiegarbanzo · 04/04/2020 23:01

I do like to flaunt my copy of the regulations. They match my pedantry beautifully.

Laniakea · 04/04/2020 23:02

Thank you 🙏🏻

Also a pandemic is by definition global, spare us the tautology.

Original poster

Mascotte · 04/04/2020 23:24

@lottiegarbanzo an I being pedantic?

OP posts:

lottiegarbanzo · 04/04/2020 23:32

It's not a criticism.

Original poster

Mascotte · 04/04/2020 23:34

I can be a regulations/law wanker 😂

I’m just annoyed with the outraged posts, all while using the wrong word

OP posts:

Cohle · 04/04/2020 23:42

But are they flaunting their flouting?

lottiegarbanzo · 05/04/2020 08:05

I meant more that if I were to flaunt the regulations, I would be being publicly pedantic. I could just keep them at home.

lookingformybrain · 05/04/2020 08:21

But are they flaunting their flouting?

Love it!

vera99 · 05/04/2020 08:24

Sounds like we are in the grip of a Pedantemic (sorry very bad I know). Probably murder of apostrophe's elsewhere no doubt as well.

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