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<oerjan> addquote <Taneb> English is a lie, words lack intrinsic meaning <int-e> fortunately people don\'t operate for long in a vacuum so there\'ll always be context
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The abbreviation fad began in Boston in the summer of 1838 and spread to New York and New Orleans in 1839.