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A Solecism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠felt by the philistine not as offence but as refreshment in the arid desert of everyday prose — an act of revenge on language for the boredom it inflicts on its day-labourers.