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2016 Postmortem

pat_k

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10. "found hidden in ground or other place..."

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:01 PM

Oct 2016

Is doesn't really matter. It's a loaded word in the abedin email context... just a pet peeve.

It fits for something like the Snowdon docs. They were a treasure trove of important/valuable nformation hidden from us in the name os national security.

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Does the use of the word "trove" bother anyone else? [View all] pat_k Oct 2016 OP

I can see how one could have a brain worm with that. Kick. fleabiscuit Oct 2016 #1

I think people are using it to mean "a lot" TrekLuver Oct 2016 #2

Yeah. I know. But it srikes me... pat_k Oct 2016 #3

I noticed it in a New York Times headline today. subterranean Oct 2016 #4

When I first noticed in relation to pat_k Oct 2016 #6

I commented on this earlier exboyfil Oct 2016 #5

Good to hear I'm not the only one. pat_k Oct 2016 #7

It doesn't mean "hidden", it means "found" - from the French "trouver" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #8

"found hidden in ground or other place..." pat_k Oct 2016 #10

Of all the things MirrorAshes Oct 2016 #9

Thx pat_k Oct 2016 #11