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Boaty McBoatface v

(transitive, humorous, neologism) To hijack or troll (a vote, especially one held online; or an organization conducting such a vote), by supporting a joke option. Boaty McBoatface proper n An autonomous underwater vehicle launched in 2017, currently in service with the British Antarctic Survey to study the polar oceans. We are having a holoalphabetic month—each day features a term starting with a different letter of the alphabet (and two numbers)!

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