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Text written in English is shorter than the same thing in German. But man, does English have a knack for synonyms!
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Where ‘grift’ meets ‘graft’ - Columbia Journalism Review #words

Where ‘grift’ meets ‘graft’
Shortly after the arrest of Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former White House strategist, on fraud charges, the New York Times ran an editorial with the headline “Steve Bannon’s Art of the Grift.”  The word “grift” did not appear in the editorial. The Washington Post did use it: “The grift alleged is disgusting, if not surprising,” […]

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If "extravagant" means "exceeding the limits of reason or necessity", you'd think "vagant" means "at/within limits of reason or necessity", but no, English has to screw with us. 😠
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