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lobster_johnson
3679 days ago
Deserts is an archaic word meaning "reward", i.e. a kind of noun form of "deserve".
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LogicFailsMe
3679 days ago
"Just Desserts" would be a great name for a bakery, no?
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EliRivers
3678 days ago
http://www.justdesserts.com/
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Grepsy
3674 days ago
It's been a while since I've seen the marquee element in action.
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madaxe_again
3679 days ago
It's those things left for you - which have been
desert
ed.
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mrec
3679 days ago
No, that usage has a different etymology. Compare:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desert#Etymology_1
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desert#Etymology_3
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