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# vim-wordy
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> There are no bad words; only writers using good words poorly.
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> Writer’s tool for identifying potential problems in word usage
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## Features of this plugin
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* A writer’s tool for identifying potential problems in word usage
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* Pure Vimscript; no external services or libraries needed
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* Leverages Vim’s native spell-check engine
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* Uses Vim’s native spell-check engine
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* Buffer-scoped configuration (leaves your global settings alone)
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That writing benefits from the effective use of words should be obvious.
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Without good word choice, your efforts at grammar, punctuation and
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rhetoric will be for naught, or rather squandered.
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## What is _wordy_?
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Effective usage means avoiding words that are lazy, weak, awkward,
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overused, imprecise, boring, abused, imprecise, redundant, or which merely
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serve as filler. Identifying and fixing such language serves as a central
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challenge to each of us in our writing.
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_wordy_ is not a grammar checker. Nor is it a guide to proper word usage.
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Rather, _wordy_ is a rudimentary tool to assist writers in identifying
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words and phrases in their text that suffer from a history of misuse,
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abuse and overuse, at least according to usage experts.
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Because the goals of our writing are nearly as diverse as ourselves, there
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is no single set of rules guiding usage. What stands for formal writing
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will fail for informal. What’s needed for dialogue won’t jibe with that
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needed for narrative. The demands placed on the technical writer aren’t
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wholly shared by other writers of non-fiction.
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For example, if _wordy_ highlights ‘moreover’, a word for which there may
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be no good usage, a rewrite to eliminate it would be prudent. But if it
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highlights ‘therefore’ in a sentence, you may consider the usage worthy
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and elect to keep it, _wordy_ be damned.
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Works of prose evolve. We expect our first drafts to be saddled with poor
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usage, full of weak and repetitive language to be culled on later
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rewrites. With enough polishing a work can emerge for which we can be
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proud.
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Existing proofreading software can scan your text for potential problems
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in grammar and usage and provide comprehensive feedback. However, some
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services require transmission of your work to a server for checking.
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Others require installation and configuration of a complex software
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package, where integration with your editor of choice may prove
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infeasible.
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Writers can benefit from tools which can help them along that path.
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_wordy_ aspires to be such a tool.
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_wordy_ stands ready as a lightweight alternative to these comprehensive
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tools, focusing narrowly on identifying potential problems in usage.
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Existing proofreading software can scan your text for potential problems
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in grammar and usage and provide comprehensive feedback. However, some
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services like ‘After the Deadline’ require transmission of your work to
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a server for checking. Others require installation and configuration of a
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complex software package, where integration with Vim may prove difficult
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or infeasible.
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In contrast, _wordy_ stands as a lightweight alternative to these
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comprehensive tools, focusing narrowly on identifying potential problems
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in word usage. Because it’s primitive by comparison, it’s best used in
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concert with books and other resources on good usage in writing.
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_wordy_ is best used in concert with books and other resources on good
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usage in writing.
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## Requirements
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## Configuration
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You’ll typically use this plugin on-demand. It does not require any
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special configuration, unless you want to map its commands to keys. More
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on that below.
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You’ll typically use this plugin on-demand. It does not require any
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special configuration.
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Important note: on the first use of each of the plugin’s dictionaries,
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a spell file will be built. This produces a message that resembles:
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:NoWordy
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```
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## Usage Dictionaries
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_wordy_ can’t read your mind. Even if it could it couldn’t understand your
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intent. In fact _wordy_ is pretty dumb, as it will flag words and phrases
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that may fit your goals perfectly well. In such a case you can ignore
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_wordy’s_ protestations.
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_wordy_ errs on the side of identifying potential problems. For example,
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if it highlights ‘moreover’, a word for which there may be no good usage,
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you should consider a rewrite to eliminate it. But if it highlights
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‘therefore’ in a sentence, you may consider it worthy and elect to keep
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it, _wordy_ be damned.
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_wordy_ has a dozen dictionaries at the ready to attempt to shoot down
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your prose.
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### Weak and lazy words
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### Weak and lazy usage
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```
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:LazyWordy
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@@ -109,51 +81,30 @@ your prose.
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Lazy and weak words are common in first drafts.
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We sabotage ourselves though weak language.
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We defeat our goal of effective writing by kicking the legs out from
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beneath our verbs and tearing at the foundations of our nouns.
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We sabotage our writing though weak language, kicking the legs out from
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beneath our verbs and tearing at the foundations of our nouns, watering
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down the very points that we are trying to drive home.
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Words that water down the points we are trying to drive home.
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* “I _got_ up and _went_ to work.” (weak)
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* “I awoke and drove to work.” (better)
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“I _got_ up and _went_ to work.” => “I awoke and drove to work.”
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We diminish the weight of our ideas by adding modifiers and fillers.
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We diminish the weight of our ideas by adding modifiers.
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* “The regiment _that_ took the hill was _perhaps_ a hundred strong.” (weak)
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* “Despite heavy losses, the regiment took the hill.” (better)
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“The regiment was _perhaps_ a hundred strong, and took the hill.”
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Words can also be weakened through overuse.
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“The regiment took the hill, despite fewer than a hundred soldiers
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remaining in its ranks.”
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Text can also be weakened through overuse
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“He _actually_ drove to work in the blizzard.” => “He drove to work in
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spite of the blizzard.”
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Use in rare occasions, effectively. Consult the books.
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Words can be fillers and play no active role, such as needless use of
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‘that’:
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“A dog that was missing an eye followed us.” => “A dog missing an eye
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followed us.”
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The use of ‘the’ can weaken, such as in this sentence. Better: start with
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“Using ‘the’”.
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You can use the word ‘have’ in situations where you can be more direct:
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“Can I have the ice cream?” => “I want ice cream.”
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Wordiness can be weak: “Joe _has the ability to_ eat beef.” => “Joe can
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eat beef.”
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Using forms of ‘to be’ when action verbs can be used. Covered as
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a separate target.
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* “He _actually_ drove to work in the blizzard.” (weak)
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* “He drove to work in spite of the blizzard.” (better)
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When using this dictionary, scrutinize each highlighted word or phrase,
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asking whether it detracts from the point you are trying to make.
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### Redundant phrases
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```
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:RedundantWordy
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:WordyWordy
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```
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Did you ever receive an ‘advance warning’ when a mere warning would do?
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@@ -165,25 +116,32 @@ be redundant if some of the guests have crashed your event. Or dialect
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differences can erase redundancies, as the British will ‘protest against’
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where Americans may simply ‘protest’.
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To reveal [common redundancies][1] from which you can scrub from your
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prose, enter this command:
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### Puffery and Jargonese
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### WordyPuffery
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```
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:PuffWordy
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:JargoneseWordy
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```
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TODO describe puffery
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“The guru embodies authenticity; his disruptive ideas on
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“The man embodies authenticity; his disruptive ideas on
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self-actualization reflect his dynamic and transformative personality.”
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(puffery and jargonese)
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Instead of using these words, instead provide a graphic example.
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Instead of puffery, demonstrate through details.
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“The Empire State Building is enormously tall.” => “My ears popped several
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times during the X minute elevator ride to the observation deck.”
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* “The Empire State Building is breathtakingly tall.” (puffery)
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* “My ears popped several times during the minute-long elevator ride to 80th floor.” (better)
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### WordyCred
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### Manipulative language
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“Along with a growing body of evidence, because common sense insists that
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my opponent’s policies threaten and untrustworthy.”
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```
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:WeaselWordy
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```
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Words can be used to hide or obscure a weak position, as well as to cast
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doubt on a strong one.
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“Common sense will show that you can’t trust my opponent.”
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Rather than provide the reasoning and evidence, we’ll unconsciously sneak
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in weasel words to shore up a weak facade.
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if exists("autoloaded_wordy") | finish | endif
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let autoloaded_wordy = 1
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function! wordy#init(...) abort
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let l:args = a:0 ? a:1 : {}
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let l:dicts = get(l:args, 'd', [])
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if len(l:dicts)
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let l:dst_paths = []
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" TODO pull lang/encoding from &spelllang or $LANG
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let l:lang = get(l:args, 'lang', 'en')
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let l:encoding = get(l:args, 'encoding', 'utf-8')
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let l:lang = get(l:args, 'lang', &spelllang)
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let l:encoding = get(l:args, 'encoding', &encoding)
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for l:dict in l:dicts
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let l:data_dir = g:wordy_dir . '/data'
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let l:src_path = l:data_dir . '/' . l:lang . '/' . l:dict . '.dic'
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if filereadable(l:src_path)
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let l:spell_dir = g:wordy_dir . '/spell'
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if !isdirectory(l:spell_dir)
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call mkdir(expand(l:spell_dir), "p")
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call mkdir(expand(l:spell_dir), "p")
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endif
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let l:dst_path = l:spell_dir . '/' . l:dict . '.' . l:lang . '.' . l:encoding . '.spl'
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if get(l:args, 'force', 0) ||
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I have been/!
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I have not been/!
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I haven't been/!
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I haven’t been/!
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I was/!
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I wasn't/!
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I wasn’t/!
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I'dn't've/!
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I'm/!
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I've been/!
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I've not been/!
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I’dn’t’ve/!
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I’m/!
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I’ve been/!
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I’ve not been/!
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ain't/!
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ain’t/!
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am/!
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are/!
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aren't/!
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aren’t/!
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been/!
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being/!
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has been/!
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has not been/!
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hasn't been/!
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hasn’t been/!
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have/!
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haven't/!
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haven’t/!
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is/!
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isn't/!
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isn’t/!
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they are/!
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they aren't/!
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they aren’t/!
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they have been/!
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they have not been/!
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they haven't been/!
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they haven’t been/!
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they were/!
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they weren't/!
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they weren’t/!
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they're/!
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they've been/!
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they've not been/!
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was/!
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wasn't/!
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we are/!
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we aren't/!
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we have been/!
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we have not been/!
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we haven't been/!
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we were/!
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we weren't/!
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were/!
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weren't/!
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we've been/!
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we've not been/!
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you are/!
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you aren't/!
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you have been/!
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you have not been/!
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you haven't been/!
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you were/!
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you weren't/!
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you're/!
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you've been/!
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you've not been/!
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# forms of ’to be’, to identify where an active verb might be better
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I haven’t been/!
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I wasn’t/!
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I’dn’t’ve/!
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I’m/!
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I’ve been/!
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I’ve not been/!
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ain’t/!
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aren’t/!
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hasn’t been/!
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haven’t/!
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isn’t/!
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they aren’t/!
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they haven’t been/!
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they weren’t/!
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they’re/!
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they’ve been/!
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they’ve not been/!
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was/!
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wasn't/!
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wasn’t/!
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we are/!
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we aren't/!
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we aren’t/!
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we have been/!
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we have not been/!
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we haven't been/!
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we haven’t been/!
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we were/!
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we weren't/!
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we weren’t/!
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we've been/!
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we've not been/!
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were/!
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weren't/!
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weren’t/!
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we’ve been/!
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we’ve not been/!
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you are/!
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you aren't/!
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you aren’t/!
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you have been/!
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you have not been/!
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you haven't been/!
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you haven’t been/!
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you were/!
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you weren't/!
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you weren’t/!
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you're/!
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you've been/!
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you've not been/!
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you’re/!
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you’ve been/!
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you’ve not been/!
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baxtrapolate/!
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beef up/!
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below the fold/!
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über trend/!
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best in breed/!
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best in class/!
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best of breed/!
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breakthrough/!
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brogrammer/!
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brogrammers/!
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bubble/!
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bubble up/!
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bubble/!
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bucketize/!
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burn rate/!
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burning platform/!
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champ at the bit/!
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champing at the bit/!
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champs at the bit/!
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change/!
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change agent/!
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change/!
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chillax/!
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chomp at the bit/!
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chomping at the bit/!
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consumer decision journey/!
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consumer-facing/!
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consumerization/!
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content/!
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content creation/!
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content liberation/!
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content/!
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contextualize/!
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contributor/!
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contributors/!
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counterintuitive/!
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cradle-to-grave/!
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craft/!
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creative/!
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creative juices/!
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creative/!
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creatives/!
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cross-pollinate/!
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cross-pollinated/!
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dna/!
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dog and pony show/!
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dog's breakfast/!
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dog’s breakfast/!
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done deal/!
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dorsey horsey/!
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dot-com/!
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go forward plan/!
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go social/!
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go-forward/!
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going forward/!
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go-live/!
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go-to/!
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going forward plan/!
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going forward/!
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going social/!
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going-forward/!
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golden parachute/!
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go-live/!
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got down in the weeds/!
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got into bed with/!
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got on the same page/!
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got our arms around it/!
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got our ducks in a row/!
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got the ball rolling/!
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go-to/!
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granular/!
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granularity/!
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graph search/!
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heads-up/!
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hear what you said/!
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hear what you're saying/!
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hear what you’re saying/!
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hear you concerns/!
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heard you concerns/!
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heavy lifting/!
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herd cats/!
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herding cats/!
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high maturity behaviors/!
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high-level/!
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high-level overview/!
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high-level/!
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holistic/!
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home run/!
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homeless/!
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in real life/!
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in spades/!
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in the a.m./!
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in-flight/!
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inbox me/!
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incentivize/!
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in-flight/!
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innovate/!
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innovated/!
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innovates/!
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learnings/!
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legacy/!
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let's blow this popsicle stand/!
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let’s blow this popsicle stand/!
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level of effort/!
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level playing field/!
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||||
level set/!
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||||
natural instincts/!
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||||
negative growth/!
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net new/!
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netiquette/!
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net-net/!
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netiquette/!
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new breed/!
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ninja/!
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no-brainer/!
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nontrivial/!
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noodle/!
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noodle over/!
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noodle/!
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noodled over/!
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noodles over/!
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noodling over/!
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paas/!
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pain point/!
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paperless office/!
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paradigm/!
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paradigm shift/!
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paradigm shifted/!
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paradigm shifting/!
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paradigm shifts/!
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paradigm/!
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||||
parking lot this/!
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||||
passionista/!
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||||
path forward/!
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@@ -580,8 +582,8 @@ post mortem/!
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||||
powwow/!
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||||
pre-buzz/!
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||||
pre-plan/!
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||||
preso/!
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||||
pre-work/!
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||||
preso/!
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||||
price point/!
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||||
privacy/!
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||||
proactive/!
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||||
@@ -611,13 +613,13 @@ punting/!
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||||
punts/!
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||||
push back/!
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||||
push the envelope/!
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||||
push-pull strategy/!
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||||
pushed back/!
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||||
pushed the envelope/!
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||||
pushes back/!
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||||
pushes the envelope/!
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||||
pushing back/!
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||||
pushing the envelope/!
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||||
push-pull strategy/!
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put out fires/!
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||||
puts out fires/!
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putting out fires/!
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running it up the flagpole/!
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||||
runs it up the flagpole/!
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||||
runway/!
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||||
s.w.a.t. team/!
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||||
same page/!
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||||
sang from the same hymn sheet/!
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||||
sanity check/!
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||||
@@ -761,7 +764,6 @@ sucks wind/!
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||||
sunset/!
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||||
superhero/!
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||||
superheroes/!
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||||
s.w.a.t. team/!
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||||
sweet spot/!
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||||
swim lane/!
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||||
symbiosis/!
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||||
@@ -774,6 +776,7 @@ syncs up/!
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||||
synergies/!
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||||
synergize/!
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||||
synergy/!
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||||
t-shaped/!
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||||
table stakes/!
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||||
table this/!
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||||
take a step back/!
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||||
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||||
transforming/!
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||||
transforms/!
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||||
triage/!
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||||
t-shaped/!
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||||
tweak/!
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||||
tweet jam/!
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||||
ubiquitous/!
|
||||
@@ -867,8 +869,8 @@ vertical/!
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||||
video white paper/!
|
||||
viral/!
|
||||
virtuoso/!
|
||||
visioning/!
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||||
vis-à-vis/!
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||||
visioning/!
|
||||
voluntold/!
|
||||
walk the walk/!
|
||||
walked the walk/!
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||||
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|
||||
walled garden/!
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||||
walled gardens/!
|
||||
war room/!
|
||||
we'll get there/!
|
||||
web 2.0/!
|
||||
webeneur/!
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||||
webinar/!
|
||||
@@ -884,8 +887,8 @@ webisode/!
|
||||
webisodes/!
|
||||
weblication/!
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||||
weblications/!
|
||||
we'll get there/!
|
||||
wellness/!
|
||||
we’ll get there/!
|
||||
wheelhouse/!
|
||||
whimsy/!
|
||||
white paper/!
|
||||
@@ -901,7 +904,4 @@ wordsmith/!
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||||
work-life balance/!
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||||
workload/!
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||||
wow factor/!
|
||||
dog’s breakfast/!
|
||||
hear what you’re saying/!
|
||||
let’s blow this popsicle stand/!
|
||||
we’ll get there/!
|
||||
über trend/!
|
||||
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ compose/!
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||||
composed/!
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||||
comprise/!
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||||
comprises/!
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||||
conform/!
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||||
conform to/!
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||||
conform/!
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||||
connote/!
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||||
consist/!
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||||
consist of/!
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||||
consist/!
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||||
consists/!
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||||
constitute/!
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||||
continual/!
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||||
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ noticeable/!
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||||
number/!
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||||
one another/!
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||||
oral/!
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||||
over/!
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||||
over all/!
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||||
over/!
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||||
overall/!
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||||
pandemic/!
|
||||
partially/!
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||||
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ their/!
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||||
then/!
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||||
there/!
|
||||
they're/!
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||||
they’re/!
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||||
to/!
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||||
too/!
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||||
tortuous/!
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||||
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||||
whom/!
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||||
wreak/!
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||||
wreck/!
|
||||
they’re/!
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||||
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ best kept secret/!
|
||||
best-kept secret/!
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||||
big/!
|
||||
breathtaking/!
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||||
breathtakingly/!
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||||
brilliant/!
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||||
brilliantly/!
|
||||
capable/!
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||||
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ creative/!
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||||
cutting-edge/!
|
||||
disruptive/!
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||||
don't-miss/!
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||||
don’t-miss/!
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||||
dynamic/!
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||||
energetic/!
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||||
enormous/!
|
||||
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ remarkable/!
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||||
remarkably/!
|
||||
renowned/!
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||||
respected/!
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||||
spectacular/!
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||||
spectacularly/!
|
||||
stellar/!
|
||||
successful/!
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||||
successfully/!
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||||
@@ -87,4 +91,3 @@ visionary/!
|
||||
wonderful/!
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||||
wonderfully/!
|
||||
world-class/!
|
||||
don’t-miss/!
|
||||
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
|
||||
# redundancies
|
||||
/encoding=utf-8
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||||
a period of one week/!
|
||||
a.m. in the morning/!
|
||||
abm missile/!
|
||||
abs system/!
|
||||
absolutely certain/!
|
||||
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ advance planning/!
|
||||
advance reservations/!
|
||||
advance warning/!
|
||||
all meet together/!
|
||||
a.m. in the morning/!
|
||||
armed gunman/!
|
||||
as for example/!
|
||||
as per/!
|
||||
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ nodded her head/!
|
||||
nodded his head/!
|
||||
null and void/!
|
||||
oval in shape/!
|
||||
p.m. in the evening/!
|
||||
pair of twins/!
|
||||
past experience/!
|
||||
past history/!
|
||||
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ personal opinion/!
|
||||
pin number/!
|
||||
plan ahead/!
|
||||
please rsvp/!
|
||||
p.m. in the evening/!
|
||||
poisonous venom/!
|
||||
possibly might/!
|
||||
postpone until later/!
|
||||
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
|
||||
American as apple pie/!
|
||||
as English as apple pie/!
|
||||
as fine as Dick's hatband/!
|
||||
as fine as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
as full as a tick/!
|
||||
as good as it gets/!
|
||||
as much use as a chocolate fireguard/!
|
||||
as much use as a chocolate teapot/!
|
||||
as often as not/!
|
||||
as queer as Dick's hatband/!
|
||||
as queer as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
as sure as eggs are eggs/!
|
||||
as sure as eggs is eggs/!
|
||||
as tight as Dick's hatband/!
|
||||
as tight as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
avoid like the plague/!
|
||||
bald as a coot/!
|
||||
be as silent as the grave/!
|
||||
@@ -34,12 +37,14 @@ catch-as-catch-can/!
|
||||
cheap as chips/!
|
||||
chirpy as a cricket/!
|
||||
clean as a hound's tooth/!
|
||||
clean as a hound’s tooth/!
|
||||
clean as a whistle/!
|
||||
clear as a bell/!
|
||||
clear as mud/!
|
||||
close as wax/!
|
||||
cold as a wagon tire/!
|
||||
cold as a witch's tit/!
|
||||
cold as a witch’s tit/!
|
||||
cold as ice/!
|
||||
come down on like a ton of bricks/!
|
||||
cool as a cucumber/!
|
||||
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ cry like a little girl/!
|
||||
crying like a baby/!
|
||||
cut like a knife/!
|
||||
cute as a bug's ear/!
|
||||
cute as a bug’s ear/!
|
||||
cute as a button/!
|
||||
daft as a brush/!
|
||||
dead as a dodo/!
|
||||
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ drunk as a lord/!
|
||||
drunk as a skunk/!
|
||||
dry as a bone/!
|
||||
dry as a dead dingo's donger/!
|
||||
dry as a dead dingo’s donger/!
|
||||
dull as dishwater/!
|
||||
dull as ditchwater/!
|
||||
dumb as a bag of hammers/!
|
||||
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ fine as frog hair/!
|
||||
finer than frog hair/!
|
||||
fit as a Mallee bull/!
|
||||
fit as a butcher's dog/!
|
||||
fit as a butcher’s dog/!
|
||||
fit as a fiddle/!
|
||||
fit as a lop/!
|
||||
fit like a glove/!
|
||||
@@ -101,6 +109,7 @@ go down like a lead balloon/!
|
||||
go out like a light/!
|
||||
good as gold/!
|
||||
good as one's word/!
|
||||
good as one’s word/!
|
||||
green as a gooseberry/!
|
||||
grin like a Cheshire cat/!
|
||||
grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads/!
|
||||
@@ -162,13 +171,17 @@ like crack/!
|
||||
like crazy/!
|
||||
like death warmed over/!
|
||||
like dog's breath/!
|
||||
like dog’s breath/!
|
||||
like father, like son/!
|
||||
like feeding time at the zoo/!
|
||||
like gangbusters/!
|
||||
like hot cakes/!
|
||||
like it's going out of style/!
|
||||
like it’s going out of style/!
|
||||
like nobody's business/!
|
||||
like nobody’s business/!
|
||||
like one's life depended on it/!
|
||||
like one’s life depended on it/!
|
||||
like rats from a sinking ship/!
|
||||
like riding a bike/!
|
||||
like shelling peas/!
|
||||
@@ -185,6 +198,7 @@ like turkeys voting for Christmas/!
|
||||
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas/!
|
||||
like two peas in a pod/!
|
||||
like water off a duck's back/!
|
||||
like water off a duck’s back/!
|
||||
like white on rice/!
|
||||
limber as a dishrag/!
|
||||
long as my arm/!
|
||||
@@ -205,9 +219,11 @@ nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs/!
|
||||
nice as ninepence/!
|
||||
nice as pie/!
|
||||
nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat/!
|
||||
nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat/!
|
||||
nutty as a fruit cake/!
|
||||
nutty as a fruitcake/!
|
||||
off like a bride's nightie/!
|
||||
off like a bride’s nightie/!
|
||||
off like a prom dress/!
|
||||
old as the hills/!
|
||||
out like a light/!
|
||||
@@ -216,6 +232,7 @@ pissed as a newt/!
|
||||
plain as a pikestaff/!
|
||||
plain as day/!
|
||||
plain as the nose on one's face/!
|
||||
plain as the nose on one’s face/!
|
||||
plain as the nose on your face/!
|
||||
play someone like a fiddle/!
|
||||
pleased as Punch/!
|
||||
@@ -225,6 +242,7 @@ proud as a peacock/!
|
||||
pure as the driven snow/!
|
||||
quack like a duck/!
|
||||
queer as Dick's hatband/!
|
||||
queer as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
queer as a clockwork orange/!
|
||||
quick as a flash/!
|
||||
quiet as a mouse/!
|
||||
@@ -237,6 +255,7 @@ run around like a chicken with its head cut off/!
|
||||
run like a top/!
|
||||
safe as houses/!
|
||||
scarce as hen's teeth/!
|
||||
scarce as hen’s teeth/!
|
||||
scared as hell/!
|
||||
sharp as a tack/!
|
||||
sick as a dog/!
|
||||
@@ -249,17 +268,19 @@ sleep like a log/!
|
||||
slippery as an eel/!
|
||||
slow as a dead snail/!
|
||||
slow as a snail/!
|
||||
slow as molasses/!
|
||||
slow as molasses in January/!
|
||||
slow as molasses/!
|
||||
sly as a fox/!
|
||||
smell like a rose/!
|
||||
smoke like a chimney/!
|
||||
smoke like a furnace/!
|
||||
smooth as a baby's bottom/!
|
||||
smooth as a baby’s bottom/!
|
||||
smooth as silk/!
|
||||
snug as a bug in a rug/!
|
||||
sober as a judge/!
|
||||
soft as a baby's bottom/!
|
||||
soft as a baby’s bottom/!
|
||||
solid as a rock/!
|
||||
solid as the rock of gibraltar/!
|
||||
sound as a bell/!
|
||||
@@ -277,8 +298,8 @@ strange as it may seem/!
|
||||
strong as an ox/!
|
||||
stubborn as a mule/!
|
||||
stuffed like a turkey/!
|
||||
sure as eggs/!
|
||||
sure as eggs is eggs/!
|
||||
sure as eggs/!
|
||||
sure as hell/!
|
||||
swear like a sailor/!
|
||||
swear like a trooper/!
|
||||
@@ -290,10 +311,12 @@ take it like a man/!
|
||||
talk like an apothecary/!
|
||||
taste like chicken/!
|
||||
there's nowt so queer as folk/!
|
||||
there’s nowt so queer as folk/!
|
||||
thick as a brick/!
|
||||
thick as thieves/!
|
||||
thin as a rake/!
|
||||
tight as a duck's arse/!
|
||||
tight as a duck’s arse/!
|
||||
toey as a Roman sandal/!
|
||||
tough as nails/!
|
||||
walk like an Egyptian/!
|
||||
@@ -305,26 +328,3 @@ white as driven snow/!
|
||||
white as snow/!
|
||||
work like a charm/!
|
||||
work like a horse/!
|
||||
as fine as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
as queer as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
as tight as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
clean as a hound’s tooth/!
|
||||
cold as a witch’s tit/!
|
||||
cute as a bug’s ear/!
|
||||
dry as a dead dingo’s donger/!
|
||||
fit as a butcher’s dog/!
|
||||
good as one’s word/!
|
||||
like dog’s breath/!
|
||||
like it’s going out of style/!
|
||||
like nobody’s business/!
|
||||
like one’s life depended on it/!
|
||||
like water off a duck’s back/!
|
||||
nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat/!
|
||||
off like a bride’s nightie/!
|
||||
plain as the nose on one’s face/!
|
||||
queer as Dick’s hatband/!
|
||||
scarce as hen’s teeth/!
|
||||
smooth as a baby’s bottom/!
|
||||
soft as a baby’s bottom/!
|
||||
there’s nowt so queer as folk/!
|
||||
tight as a duck’s arse/!
|
||||
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ I feel/!
|
||||
I heard/!
|
||||
I think/!
|
||||
I'm trying to/!
|
||||
I’m trying to/!
|
||||
a couple/!
|
||||
a few/!
|
||||
a little/!
|
||||
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ adopted/!
|
||||
adopting/!
|
||||
adopts/!
|
||||
ain't/!
|
||||
all/!
|
||||
ain’t/!
|
||||
all in all/!
|
||||
all of a sudden/!
|
||||
all of the sudden/!
|
||||
all/!
|
||||
almost/!
|
||||
alot/!
|
||||
alright/!
|
||||
@@ -48,11 +50,11 @@ appropriately/!
|
||||
appropriateness/!
|
||||
are/!
|
||||
around/!
|
||||
as/!
|
||||
as if/!
|
||||
as one/!
|
||||
as to whether/!
|
||||
as you are aware/!
|
||||
as/!
|
||||
at once/!
|
||||
at the end of the day/!
|
||||
at the present time/!
|
||||
@@ -62,8 +64,8 @@ bad/!
|
||||
balance/!
|
||||
basically/!
|
||||
been/!
|
||||
began/!
|
||||
began to/!
|
||||
began/!
|
||||
begins to/!
|
||||
being as/!
|
||||
being that/!
|
||||
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ brand/!
|
||||
briefly/!
|
||||
but yet/!
|
||||
by means of/!
|
||||
came/!
|
||||
came to be seen as/!
|
||||
came/!
|
||||
certain/!
|
||||
clearly/!
|
||||
commonsense/!
|
||||
@@ -85,8 +87,8 @@ context/!
|
||||
continued/!
|
||||
contrasting/!
|
||||
cool/!
|
||||
could/!
|
||||
could of/!
|
||||
could/!
|
||||
culture/!
|
||||
decided/!
|
||||
did/!
|
||||
@@ -108,8 +110,8 @@ et cetera/!
|
||||
etc/!
|
||||
even/!
|
||||
every/!
|
||||
everyone/!
|
||||
everyone knows/!
|
||||
everyone/!
|
||||
everywhere/!
|
||||
exactly/!
|
||||
exist/!
|
||||
@@ -140,21 +142,21 @@ good/!
|
||||
got/!
|
||||
gotten/!
|
||||
great/!
|
||||
had/!
|
||||
had had/!
|
||||
had known/!
|
||||
had/!
|
||||
happily/!
|
||||
happy/!
|
||||
has/!
|
||||
has been/!
|
||||
has got/!
|
||||
has talent for/!
|
||||
has the ability to/!
|
||||
have/!
|
||||
has/!
|
||||
have been/!
|
||||
have got/!
|
||||
have talent for/!
|
||||
have the ability to/!
|
||||
have/!
|
||||
having been/!
|
||||
hear/!
|
||||
heard/!
|
||||
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@ intersect/!
|
||||
involve/!
|
||||
involved/!
|
||||
irregardless/!
|
||||
is/!
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is able to/!
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is/!
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issue/!
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it is what it is/!
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journey/!
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@@ -199,8 +201,8 @@ living with/!
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look/!
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looked/!
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looking/!
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lots/!
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lots of/!
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lots/!
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lucid/!
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made/!
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make/!
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@@ -212,8 +214,8 @@ meaningfully/!
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merely/!
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might/!
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moreover/!
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most/!
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most feel/!
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most/!
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narrowly/!
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nature/!
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nearly/!
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@@ -235,8 +237,8 @@ only/!
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opposite/!
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out of/!
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over there/!
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people/!
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people say/!
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people/!
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per/!
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perhaps/!
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platform/!
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@@ -279,8 +281,8 @@ signage/!
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simply/!
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situation/!
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small/!
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so/!
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so as to/!
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so/!
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society/!
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some/!
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something/!
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@@ -288,8 +290,8 @@ somewhat/!
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sooner or later/!
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sort of/!
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soul/!
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started/!
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started to/!
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started/!
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starts/!
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stood up/!
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stuff/!
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@@ -305,8 +307,8 @@ taking issue with/!
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tall/!
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terrible/!
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that/!
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the/!
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the public/!
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the/!
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then/!
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there are/!
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there is/!
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@@ -359,8 +361,9 @@ went/!
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were/!
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what is up with/!
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what not/!
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whatever/!
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what's up with/!
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whatever/!
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what’s up with/!
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which is/!
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while/!
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who where/!
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@@ -371,6 +374,3 @@ wondered/!
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wonderful/!
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would like/!
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you know/!
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I’m trying to/!
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ain’t/!
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||||
what’s up with/!
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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# words and phrases that attempt to manipulate credibility based on
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# something other than explicit evidence. Weasel words.
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# words and phrases that can be used to manipulate credibility
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# based on something other than explicit evidence. Weasel words.
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# appeal to authority or ad populum
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/encoding=utf-8
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accused/!
|
||||
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ it's often reported/!
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||||
it's regarded/!
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||||
it's said/!
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||||
it's widely thought/!
|
||||
it’s been claimed that/!
|
||||
it’s been mentioned that/!
|
||||
it’s believed/!
|
||||
it’s known that/!
|
||||
it’s often reported/!
|
||||
it’s regarded/!
|
||||
it’s said/!
|
||||
it’s widely thought/!
|
||||
linked to/!
|
||||
literally/!
|
||||
many are of the opinion/!
|
||||
@@ -78,16 +86,8 @@ the public/!
|
||||
the vast majority/!
|
||||
there is evidence that/!
|
||||
there's evidence that/!
|
||||
there’s evidence that/!
|
||||
threat/!
|
||||
threaten/!
|
||||
trustworthy/!
|
||||
without a doubt/!
|
||||
it’s been claimed that/!
|
||||
it’s been mentioned that/!
|
||||
it’s believed/!
|
||||
it’s known that/!
|
||||
it’s often reported/!
|
||||
it’s regarded/!
|
||||
it’s said/!
|
||||
it’s widely thought/!
|
||||
there’s evidence that/!
|
||||
@@ -16,24 +16,31 @@ set cpo&vim
|
||||
" need directory to manage spell files
|
||||
let g:wordy_dir = fnamemodify(resolve(expand('<sfile>:p')), ':h:h')
|
||||
|
||||
command -nargs=0 NoWordy call wordy#init({})
|
||||
command -nargs=0 BeingWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['tobe',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 ColloquialWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['colq',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 CredibleWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['cred',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 EditorialWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['edit',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 IdiomaticWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['idim',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 JargonWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['busi',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 ProblemWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['prob',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 PufferyWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['puff',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 WordyWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['redu',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 SaidWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['said',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 SimileWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['simi',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 TimeWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['time',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 WeakWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['weak',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 NoWordy call wordy#init({})
|
||||
command -nargs=0 BeingWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['being',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 ColloquialWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['colloquial',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 WeaselWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['weasel',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 IdiomaticWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['idiomatic',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 JargoneseWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['jargonese',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 LazyWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['weak-and-lazy',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 LikeWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['similies',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 OpinionatedWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['opinionated',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 ProblemWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['problematic',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 PuffWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['puffery',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 SaidWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['said-synonyms',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 TimeWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['non-spec-time',] })
|
||||
command -nargs=0 WordyWordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['redundant',] })
|
||||
|
||||
command -nargs=0 Wordy call wordy#init({ 'd': ['tobe', 'colq', 'cred', 'edit',
|
||||
\'idim', 'busi', 'prob', 'puff',
|
||||
\'redu', 'simi', 'time', 'weak', ]})
|
||||
command -nargs=0 Wordy call wordy#init({ 'd': [ 'being',
|
||||
\ 'colloquial',
|
||||
\ 'idiomatic',
|
||||
\ 'jargonese',
|
||||
\ 'manipulative',
|
||||
\ 'opinionated',
|
||||
\ 'puffery',
|
||||
\ 'redundant',
|
||||
\ 'weak-and-lazy',
|
||||
\ ]
|
||||
|
||||
let &cpo = s:save_cpo
|
||||
unlet s:save_cpo
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user