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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8606774" data-attributes="member: 6790260">The phrase &quot;sure is a thing,&quot; not the single individual word &quot;sure,&quot; which...I would not usually call a &quot;phrase&quot; even if it technically meets the definition of the term. E.g., when I've discussed something with a friend and I legit didn't have any strong feelings one way or another about that thing, I have said, &quot;that sure is(/was) a thing.&quot; In some contexts, I admit that this could be damning with faint praise, e.g. if we're discussing a film or a game or something, saying &quot;that sure was a level/dungeon/etc.&quot; would be arguably &quot;condemning&quot; it by having nothing positive to say about it. But I've said it about historical events, or heck, even about situations or events that occurred in my Dungeon World campaign.It's a bit like saying, &quot;Of all the Xs in the world, this is one of them.&quot; Again, it has the &quot;damning with faint praise&quot; angle, but if the worst thing one can say about something is that it's too inoffensive and safe to actually have done anything worth criticizing, one could also call that praising with faint damnation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8606774, member: 6790260"] The phrase "sure is a thing," not the single individual word "sure," which...I would not usually call a "phrase" even if it technically meets the definition of the term. E.g., when I've discussed something with a friend and I legit didn't have any strong feelings one way or another about that thing, I have said, "that sure is(/was) a thing." In some contexts, I admit that this could be damning with faint praise, e.g. if we're discussing a film or a game or something, saying "that sure was a level/dungeon/etc." would be arguably "condemning" it by having nothing positive to say about it. But I've said it about historical events, or heck, even about situations or events that occurred in my Dungeon World campaign. It's a bit like saying, "Of all the Xs in the world, this is one of them." Again, it has the "damning with faint praise" angle, but if the worst thing one can say about something is that it's too inoffensive and safe to actually have done anything worth criticizing, one could also call that praising with faint damnation. [/QUOTE]

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