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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to languagelearning@hexbear.netEnglish ·
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Tranche. "Why is everyone saying the word tranche? With the release of the Epstein Files, a 16th century word is suddenly ubiquitous." - NYT

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Tranche. "Why is everyone saying the word tranche? With the release of the Epstein Files, a 16th century word is suddenly ubiquitous." - NYT

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  • JustSo [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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    I say it so I can feel like a cool gumshoe like my best friends liz franczak and yung chomsky

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    If the article doesn’t mention trueanon then any shred of claim to journalism from the NYT can be safely discarded

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    liz-society

  • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    The NYT is staffed entirely by barely literate copiers of state department propaganda

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    real ones learned it from the big short

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  • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Is this word really that uncommon? I swear I hear it regularly enough

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      The article talks about its recent popularity.

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      For most people, it’s an unknown word. But it’s commonly used in a few industries, and so it’s familiar to a small tranche of normies.

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    The posting tranches

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    Laaaddeeda, nyt has found a buzz word that came in earlier

    That’s been circling for at least a year and a half

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    I got tranch foot from hiking one time

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