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It's not that difficult, really - a lot more of us in this group than outside of it
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‘Maudlin’ comes from Mary Magdalene.View quoted post on X
Mary was frequently depicted as weeping in regret for her sins.
1500s: ‘Magdalene’ became ‘maudlin’ to describe a weeping drunk.
Now: it describes someone or something that expresses sadness or sentimentality in an exaggerated way.