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cesspool

[ses-pool] / ˈsɛsˌpul /
NOUN
pit
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It was into the post-noughties misogynist cesspool that the early feminist blogosphere was born, and initially, it was fun and freewheeling.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

Some people, however, go as far as creating burner accounts just for shopping to keep the cesspool of targeted ads separate from their main profiles where they interact with family and friends.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

That’s a slippery slope into a cesspool I’d prefer to avoid.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

The tool becomes dangerous, he added, when it “falls into the hands of those who argue that academia in general is a cesspool of incompetence and bad actors.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 2, 2024

We’d spent a good long while in that cesspool.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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