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by crazygringo 936 days ago
That's an awfully new "saying" though -- somebody only came up with it in 2007:

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907

Whereas the "master of none" part goes back to 1732 in meaning, and 1785 in exact wording.

It's just some people recently trying to falsely invent a notion that "jack of all trades, master of none" is "really" supposed to be something positive. It's not.

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Saying master of none precludes the possibility of it being good at anything. :/