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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 114 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I've seen threads where every single comment, no matter how anodyne, has 1 downvote. Don't bother yourself over it. That way lies madness.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

anodyne

anodyne /ăn′ə-dīn″/ adjective

  1. Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
  2. Relaxing. "anodyne novels about country life."
  3. Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

tanks fer noo werd dae fren

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like a misusage of a very common word in French: anodin

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I'd say a good 10% of English is just misusing words from other languages to be fair.

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