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		sundarurfriend on Oct 7, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook allows Force Joining of Groups > my theoretical ex-girlfriend For a moment there I was wondering what that meant. It took me a whole minute for me to understand you meant something like "hypothetical".

DrJokepu on Oct 7, 2010 [–]

Yes, sorry, you're absolutely right, wrong choice of words. (in my first language we have the same word for 'hypothetical' and 'theoretical' hence I sometimes mix these two words up)

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