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by AnthonyMouse 2164 days ago
You don't think they're intentionally using that word for precisely that reason?
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But there's no other commonly-used word for it!
"Sugar free" (oops, not true)

"No calories" (not true again)

There are a hundred ways to say that something won't cause you to gain weight. They chose the one that sounds like it means that even though it doesn't, because it also has a different meaning which is technically true.