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"etymology_text": "From capital + -itis.",
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"examples": [
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"ref": "1988, Sarah Norton, Bare Essentials, page 170",
"text": "Some people seem to have \"capitalitis\": they put capital letters on words randomly, regardless of whether the words are nouns, adjectives, or verbs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The tendency to use capital letters gratuitously."
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"ref": "1988, Sarah Norton, Bare Essentials, page 170",
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