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		jrockway on May 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senator Al Franken Facebook privacy settings Ah, the joys of learning English from dictionary definitions instead of literary use.

james2vegas on May 9, 2010 | [–]

Because dictionary definitions aren't based on literary use at all.

bonaldi on May 9, 2010 | [–]

Sorry, you don't get to be all prescriptivist in telling someone what "brave" doesn't mean, then suddenly produce a descriptivist defence when you're called on it; they're incompatible.

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