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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 8
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    I am ready to formally banish the word "trope" from the English language because the people chronically over-using it have just gotten that goddamn annoying

    8:01 PM - 8 Mar 2019
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    • Rob Howse jalanhi EndTheDuopoly #OpDeSanitize Michelle 💓s Chauncy🐈 🌲4th of July Respecter Dumbo 🎸🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶 GanonBelmont mary H Y P E R B O A R
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      2. Shaan Millim‏ @delaluxe1 Mar 8
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        I agree. Support the tropes.

        3 replies 2 retweets 22 likes
      3. Darryl Canfield‏ @njcanfield Mar 8
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        Amazing

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      2. Jack Murphy‏ @jackmurphylive Mar 8
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        Everytime I try to use it, I stop and look it up and find I’ve gotten it wrong. I think the word meaning will change eventually like “literally” did.

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      1. Chipper Jonesin’‏ @bcalhoun27 Mar 8
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        Please add “narrative” to the list

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      2. Abel Filberto Cano‏ @AFCano03 Mar 8
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        Can we include the overusage of “gaslighting?”

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      2. insunlite‏ @insunlite Mar 8
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        Same with woke

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      3. Alan O'Neill‏ @AlanONeill10 Mar 8
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        snap!

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      2. Lisa Huff  ⏳‏ @LisaWrites4 Mar 8
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        Could you please banish “Transparency “ as well.

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      3. FlatticusFinch 🌹‏ @FlatticusF Mar 8
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        Trust me: it’s been banished.

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      2. LauraLive 🔥Has #NoMiddleGround‏ @Uphill_Laura Mar 8
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        Can I add "telemetry" to the list? Similarly pretentious.

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. LauraLive 🔥Has #NoMiddleGround‏ @Uphill_Laura Mar 8
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        Oh, and "tranche" *shudder*

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      2. Steve E Ennever‏ @MusicMiscreant Mar 8
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        Could you possibly include "woke"

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      3. Steve E Ennever‏ @MusicMiscreant Mar 8
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        Two years ago Adam J Johnson blocked me for exactly the same request. I feel curiously safer this time. I wonder why.

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      2. Megan in Minnie, Russian asset  🌹 🦍‏ @ElipieMegan Mar 8
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        Yes!

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      1. (((Charlie Martin)))‏ @chasrmartin Mar 8
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        I’d like to formally banish the trope about formally banishing things

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      1. wow, a red ghost but halloween‏ @wetsprocket Mar 8
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        Heh, classic MTracey trope

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      2. Mo for America  🕊️‏ @MoForAmerica Mar 8
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        Can we also banish "nuanced", too?

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      3. Blake Thompson  🙈 🙉 🙊‏ @mrbadtea Mar 8
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        Problematic also.

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