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Ask HN: What are some words that you learned on Hacker News?
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#12That "nonce" has another meaning relating to cryptography.
What is the non-cryptographic meaning?
Second sense here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nonce
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#14Surprised no one has mentioned "thither" as often as dang uses it.
Haven't seen "yon" yet.
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#15"bollard" [1] - I always called them steel poles with concrete inside, buried in the ground. Someone here corrected me and I learned something. Adding to that I never associated them with the more artistic versions as I assumed those were weaker or just for looks. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard
Check out the The World Bollard Association™ twitter account for photos and videos of vehicles getting caught up by bollards:
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#17TFA (the fucking article)
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#18"conflating" is one that I did not know of earlier. "drunk the kool-aid" is another, though a phrase, not a word. "cromulent" is another
Conflate is seldom used correctly on HN. It means combine but now people use it when they mean confuse.
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#19enshitification
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#20wastimbolo