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To see you, nice

"The Biggs would call her a nice woman" - Jane Austen (Letters, 1799) Nice is one of those adjectives which, whilst not strictly an insult, I'd be fairly narked to have ascribed to me. It sits somewhere between "meaning well" and having one's "heart in the right place"; to be "nice" strikes me as as … Continue reading To see you, nice →

spinolaswhale Etymology April 11, 2020May 5, 2020 3 Minutes
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