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pugilism

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There are some contexts in which pugilism and intellect go together just fine, but experience has shown that Hacker News is not one of them. It's particularly harmful when a good writer or established user goes there, because then everybody else does and it's degenerate internet goo for the lot of us.

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fighting with the fists

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noun

fighting with the fists

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There are some contexts in which pugilism and intellect go together just fine, but experience has shown that Hacker News is not one of them. It's particularly harmful when a good writer or established user goes there, because then everybody else does and it's degenerate internet goo for the lot of us.

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How do you use pugilism in a sentence?

There are some contexts in which pugilism and intellect go together just fine, but experience has shown that Hacker News is not one of them. It's particularly harmful when a good writer or established user goes there, because then everybody else does and it's degenerate internet goo for the lot of us.

What does pugilism mean?

fighting with the fists

What part of speech is pugilism?

pugilism is commonly used as noun.