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Exactly the same way that the `cancelled` of my youth became `canceled`. By being misspelled so often that the misspelling won.

In this case, it's not clear who wins yet — "lose" may loose, or mount a comeback, resulting in "loose" being the one to lose.



I've said it a couple times in the past: That's so cringe!




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