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Ripe. Lede. Prevent. Awesome. Fulsome. MacGuffin. Daisy.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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What's the Meaning of Fulsom?

semantic bleaching is when a word's meaning fades or gets weaker. Incredible used to mean beyond belief, and awesome used to mean truly awe inspiring. Terrible and horrible are two more words that used to have a much more dramatic meaning than they do to day. Next we'll talk about fulsome because roger mentioned that word too in a follow up call.

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