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		fatjokes on March 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spanish firm wants to kill one million octopuses a... Must feel good to be able to cite that you weren't just correct, but hypercorrect.

bell-cot on March 25, 2023 [–]

"I know enough to be dangerous" has some humorous bragging rights. But hypercorrect is actually not a favorable adjective - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypercorrect

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