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sanewash

American  
[sayn-wahsh, -wawsh] / ˈseɪnˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɔʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to misrepresent (a statement, idea, or person) as sensible or acceptable by obscuring extreme or eccentric qualities.

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