Shabby work
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flynreelow
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To think that someone has the time, energy and desire to write this much about a word's etymology amuses and baffles me at the same time....
The term ‘shoddy’ used to have a different meaning
Imagine that you’re living in the middle of the 19th century, say, around 1862. You describe someone as “shoddy.” What do you mean by that? 1) The person is of subpar quality. 2) The person is pretending to be better than they are. 3) You have an accent and mean “shady.” Two of the answers […]
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It looks to me like the signs were there, huge what looks like a water stain which must have been ignore for ages?