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"ref": "2018 June 11, scratch1234, Reddit:",
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"ref": "2022 March 23, hydrogen_sulfate, Reddit:",
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"ref": "2022 October 2, apecool, Reddit:",
"text": "I’ve known about her BPD from the start, but with our admission of mutual feelings, it was also made known that I’m her Favorite Person — I’ll be honest, I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the degree to which her emotional state is predicated upon my behaviors and actions — I mean, I’m just some dude, ya know?",
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"etymology_text": "From favorite + person.",
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