“fulsome praise”

ubiquitous but … / see the language-change index

fulsome has had at times all of these meanings: plentiful and abundant; excessive and repulsively gross; curvy and fleshy; overdone and insincere; lavish and wholehearted*

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2022-09-25 / notes

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see Garner on “fulsome praise,” the language-change index, and skunked terms

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