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cesspool

[ ses-pool ]

noun

  1. a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.
  2. any filthy receptacle or place.
  3. any place of moral filth or immorality:

    a cesspool of iniquity.



cesspool

/ ˈsÉ›sËŒpuËl; ˈsÉ›sËŒpɪt /

noun

  1. Also calledsinksump a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water
  2. a filthy or corrupt place

    a cesspool of iniquity

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cesspool1

1575–85; cess (< Italian cesso privy < Latin °ùŧ³¦±ð²õ²õ³Ü²õ recess, place of retirement) + pool 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cesspool1

C17: changed (through influence of pool 1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire
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He also turned the website into an even greater cesspool of misinformation and hate speech by gutting content moderation.

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Throw in Elon Musk’s degradation of the once lively discourse on Twitter into the disinformation and conspiracy cesspool of X.

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Failing to do so creates the opposite, and creates instead cesspools of hatred, crime, and other downward societal spirals.

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Over the years, residents have seen the ecosystem change into an unrecognizable landscape — once clear ponds stocked with fish are now gray cesspools filled with white foam that is visible even in Google’s satellite images.

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It is the year 79, and “Rome, once the beacon of civilization, is now a cesspool of corruption and decay.â€

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