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		gtech1 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happened to all the gold Spain got from the N... it's ok, I know you meant for this thread to diverge into pointless arguments. But for everyone else reading: 1. https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=ex 2. "Bolsheviks" aren't a nation.

caminante 12 days ago [–]

You linked a dictionary that's paywalled and further, all of the 12 stub entries appear to refute your interpreted meaning of "ex" from earlier and affirm my usage.

Are you trying to be ironic?

Also, nobody said #2.

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