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counter word

any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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