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xeromal on July 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Redis Core Team Update

Awesome is a similar word. It used to mean awe-inspiring, but now can simply describe an enjoyable bowel movement. lol

bryanlarsen on July 9, 2020 [–]

The original meaning of awful used to be awe-inspiring too. Awesome came about as a replacement when awful started acquiring significant negative connotations.

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