Synonyms

coal miner's lung

British

noun

an informal name for anthracosis

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While I think that many of the GIF jockeys in Henry’s feed who took pleasure in the layoffs of journalists are simply people with hearts darker than a coal miner’s lung, there were two misperceptions expressed over and over in between deeply considered memes from Anchorman.

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