I’m a little concerned about his backpedaling on single payer healthcare and his fealty to corporations. This race is bad. 😭
I spent a ton of hours downloading every game+patch I owned to a 5TB hard drive to take my Xbox offline ahead of the inevitable slop integration. That they’re backpedaling is a sign that they’re finally listening. We…
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
"backpedaling" means: The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"backpedaling" means: The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"backpedaling" means: The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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“I’m a little concerned about his backpedaling on single payer healthcare and his fealty to corporations. This race is bad. 😭”
“I spent a ton of hours downloading every game+patch I owned to a 5TB hard drive to take my Xbox offline ahead of the inevitable slop integration. That they’re backpedaling is a sign that they’re finally listening. We don’t want your AI crap in our stuff!”
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