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At first I was like "typo!" but it occurs to me that "feint praise" and "faint praise" are synophones like "home in"/"hone in" -- nm

Posted by rollo Apr 13 '23, 13:22

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I thought 'feint' was the proper usage but I am open to correction on this one. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 13:35
but "feint praise" is like a "praise deke", is it not? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 13:23 1
- Both yield the same result -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:24

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