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I hate to be pedantic here, but I think you mean "shill" instead of "shrill". Technically what you did there is called a malapropism, where two similar sounding words are misused because the alternative wording could make sense as well. I always thought the saying was "for all intensive purposes", but the actual saying is "for all intents and purposes".



You are correct. Thanks for your pedantry, it _is_ appreciated, as I'm always looking to improve my english.


However I like the use of shrill in this context, as even though it is technically incorrect it made me think of a little bird being paid to shriek nonsense.


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I think you might be onto something.

Shrill (noun) : Someone who falsely pretends to be an independent commentator in 140 characters or less.




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