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I don’t think the word “voluntelling” existed when I took the SATs back in the dark ages before the internet, but when I heard it the other day, it made immediate sense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person who used it perfectly categorized the person he was describing with that one word. Maybe I am disproportionately amused, but I really appreciated his terse brevity. I now need to figure out how to put voluntelling to good use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmmm…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this would be a great time for you to go ahead and comment on one of my posts. Don’t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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