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by fastasucan 509 days ago
The word moat was first used in english in the 15th century https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moat
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neuronic 509 days ago
Yes my wording was rubbish I should have said "tuned up" in the HN bubble. Quick ctrl-f shows 35 uses in this thread without loading all comments.

I did not mean that it was literally invented a short while ago - a few months ago I had to look up what it means though (not native English).

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