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\"Amused<\/a>Have you ever noticed that quite a lot of people say “bemused” when they really mean “amused”? My theory on why this happens is in my article amused vs bemused<\/a>; what are your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever noticed that quite a lot of people say “bemused” when they really mean “amused”? 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