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What's the deal with "precarity"? I came across it 5 times within 3 days over the last week - mostly in various issues of the NYT but also in something else (maybe ProPublica).

Was there something wrong with "precariousness"?
 
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I assume it to be the same phenomenon that gave us "normalcy" instead of normality.
 
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At first glance I figured it must be a dental condition.
 
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That makes sense! Or before comedian Jim came along.
 
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I haven't come across it recently. However, I assume you've been seeing it because it is a "state of persistent insecurity about income and employment," which is what many are experiencing right now.

I love your assumption, Bethree, about it being a dental condition! You had me there. I would have probably chosen that if this were the Bluffing game. Wink
 
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