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lipu alente hasn't released an issue yet nor has had any message on ma pona since October 2023, I added it because it was past me with high hopes
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'''{{tp|alente}}''' is {{a category}} [[joke word]] meaning "the set of every possible human concept subtracted from the set of concepts already covered by established [T]oki [P]ona words weighted by their relative usage".<ref name="metanomial2022">{{cite Discord|username=metanomial|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/930175038878003220|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|quote=a proposal for a final {{tok|nimisin}}: "{{tok|alente}}". Etymology "{{tok|ale}} + {{tok|ante}}". It means the set of every possible human concept subtracted from the set of concepts already covered by established toki pona words weighted by their relative usage. So then you can shoot down anyone proposing another {{tok|nimisin}} with "that's just {{tok|alente}}, but even nicher!" {{abbr|/j|</joking>}}}}</ref>
==Etymology==
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