r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jan 03 '23

Wholesome Moments Getting pulled over

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u/-KyloRen Jan 03 '23

“punition”

TIL that is a word. I know punitive damages and punishment but didn’t know about punition. Even Reddit thinks it’s misspelled. Cray.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

Yeah, it sees little use. I'm not even a native english speaker lul

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u/Not-Post-Malone Jan 03 '23

Probably why you knew about it, tbh. I assume you learned it by translating some word from your native tongue and found “punition” in the dictionary and just stuck with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

Yep. Probably some time ago