pendell

Current Hyperfixation: Wizard of Oz

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I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.

Check tags like Star Trek Archive and Media Piracy to find things I share for others.



Osmose
@Osmose

a couple = as many as you want it to mean
a few = as many as you want it to mean
several = as many as you want it to mean
many = as many as you want it to mean
lots = as many as you want it to mean
a dozen = as many as you want it to mean1
a score = as many as you want it to mean
multitudes = as many as you want it to mean
a vast amount = as many as you want it to mean
countless = as many as you want it to mean


  1. But consider adding "or so" at the end just in case


vogon
@vogon

one of my favorite things to be jokingly prescriptive about is that "myriad" means "a whole lot", but "a myriad" means "exactly 10,000"

similarly, I like to insist that japanese 八百万やおよろず means exactly 8,000,000


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