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291 points mooreds | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 15:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.223s | source
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pixelpoet ◴[18 Sep 25 16:14 UTC] No.45291451[source]▶
> one of the only

That reminds me, I still have to put up the explanation at oneoftheonly.com for why this phrase doesn't make sense and is the new "could care less".

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1. shayway ◴[18 Sep 25 16:27 UTC] No.45291634[source]▶
It makes sense both grammatically and logically; I think this might just be a parsing issue.

For example: Alaska and Hawaii are the only non-contiguous U.S. states. Alaska is one of the only non-contiguous states.

The 'only' is part of the group definition, implying the individual 'one' is part of a small subset of some sort.