# Can we have a dictionary, please? {about sealioning}

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-dictionary-please-about-sealioning/964793 "2022-05-20T20:33:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-dictionary-please-about-sealioning/964793/173 "2022-05-24T08:08:09Z")

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> [@yarblek](#):
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> This is a reason why the comic is not a perfect analogy for actual sealioning that happens online.

No analogy is perfect, that doesn’t make the comic not a good analogy.

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