Folklore and Usage

Folklore

Folklore noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.

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Usage and folklore are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usage" instead a noun "Folklore".

Usage noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Folklore and usage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Usage".

normal	normal folklore	normal usage
common	common folklore	common usage
original	original folklore	original usage
popular	popular folklore	popular usage
Other adjectives: actual, early, traditional, general, later, earliest, older, modern.

Given its general usage (and its derivation from a clumsy, stupid creature in Asuran folklore), however, it's really something of a racial slur.

Source: Pardon My Klingon

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