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A Few Derivative Thoughts About the Word "Unique"

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Are there degrees of "uniqueness"? Not if you're doing language right.by Dave SegalEt tu, Jerome David?
Newsflash: There cannot be varying degrees of uniqueness. Being unique is a binary situation... like pregnancy. You either are or you aren't. A thing either is unique or it isn't. This concept resurfaced today as I was going through my e-mail and encountered this spammy subject header: "The Most Unique Lamps You'll See at M&O 💡" Here we go again...
Now, even the language mavens at

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