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		Waterluvian 75 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being tak... I’ve never heard fissile out but I love it for describing a problem that will go away once the full consequences have already been felt.

GlacierFox 75 days ago [–]

It's fizzle where I'm from in the UK. To fizzle out is to weakly and pittifully end with no meaningful after effects.

Like after lighting a firework that didn't actually go off.

"It's fizzled out!"

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