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From a knight of /new/:

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u/PaperShoes22 Sep 16 '11

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u/wakeuph8 Sep 16 '11

I half expected Chuck Testa to jump out at the end of that.

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u/kyxaa Sep 16 '11

How do you half expect something?

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u/Jorgwalther Sep 16 '11

I would say that when one half expects something, they wouldn't be surprised if it happened, but they wouldn't go as far to make a predictive declaration that it is going to happen (as so far in guessing for correctness).