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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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What's the meaning
of going up 10 folds here?
The comment was made after a poster learned a technique to posing in pictures to be more photogenic.
"My facebook pic whoring/narcissism is about to go up 10 motherfuc**** folds."
The comment was made after a poster learned a technique to posing in pictures to be more photogenic.
"My facebook pic whoring/narcissism is about to go up 10 motherfuc**** folds."
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Hi, grow/increase 10 times Please don't post words like motherfuc**** here. Clive
- Hi, grow/increase 10 times Please don't post words like motherfuc**** here.
- Clive
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Hi,
grow/increase 10 times
Please don't post words like motherfuc**** here.
Clive
grow/increase 10 times
Please don't post words like motherfuc**** here.
Clive
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Sorry Clive, I thought it would be ok if I censored it, and thanks.
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'folds' is wrong, by the way. It should be the singular 'fold'.
Things can go up (or down) five-fold, ten-fold, fifty-fold, whatever. It means five times, ten times, 50 times, etc.
From 10 to 30 is a three-fold increase.
CJ
Edit: Merriam-Webster lists them without the hyphen: sixfold, tenfold, ...
CJ
Things can go up (or down) five-fold, ten-fold, fifty-fold, whatever. It means five times, ten times, 50 times, etc.
From 10 to 30 is a three-fold increase.
CJ
Edit: Merriam-Webster lists them without the hyphen: sixfold, tenfold, ...
CJ
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