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Word of the day
for April 10
exonerating v
  1. present participle of exonerate (“(archaic) to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load); (obsolete, reflexive) of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself); to free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task; to free (someone) from accusation or blame.”)

Generation X proper n (originally Canada, US)

  1. (originally) A generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation.
  2. (specifically) The generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II, especially those born from the mid 1960s to early 1980s, sometimes characterized as cynical, disaffected, lacking direction in life, and unwilling to take part fully in society.

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