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A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing
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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Showerthoughts
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There are words and phrases in English that get used sarcastically so often they lose their original meaning. There is a word for this and I swear I've seen a whole list somewhere but my google fu is weak today.
Semantic satiation?
No - semantic satiation is when you read or hear a word so much in a short timeframe that it stops feeling like a real word, and briefly feels like just a jumble of letters/sounds.
Row•ads, that is a freaky word