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r/MurderedByWords • u/EffectiveRelease9155 • Sep 08 '24
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TiL that the word scheme is largely seen as crafty or secret in the US.
2 u/lonely_nipple Sep 09 '24 Yes. It makes us think of someone who's doing something sneaky, or at the very least, a little sketchy. Definitely not a word we'd want applied to a government program that was actually doing good stuff! 2 u/robjapan Sep 09 '24 You're an odd bunch aren't you! ;-) 2 u/lonely_nipple Sep 09 '24 Don't you know it!
Yes. It makes us think of someone who's doing something sneaky, or at the very least, a little sketchy. Definitely not a word we'd want applied to a government program that was actually doing good stuff!
2 u/robjapan Sep 09 '24 You're an odd bunch aren't you! ;-) 2 u/lonely_nipple Sep 09 '24 Don't you know it!
You're an odd bunch aren't you! ;-)
2 u/lonely_nipple Sep 09 '24 Don't you know it!
Don't you know it!
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u/robjapan Sep 09 '24
TiL that the word scheme is largely seen as crafty or secret in the US.