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		mcguire on April 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informa... No one is the villein in their own story.

thaumasiotes on April 27, 2021 [–]

Autocorrect strikes again?

villain - antagonist; evildoer

villein - peasant ranking above a serf

smogcutter on April 27, 2021 | | [–]

Same root thought, funnily enough. Iirc the meaning of "villain" as evildoer actually grows out of the meaning of "relatively well off villager".

mcguire on April 28, 2021 | | [–]

Yep. It didn't look right, but autocorrect didn't complain.

Works either way, though. :-)

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