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NEWSPEAK: "Cohabitation" ORIGINAL MEANING: Did not exist NEW MEANING: A couple who decides to live together without a formal commitment or a marriage licence. I inhabit. You inhabit. Together we cohabit.It used to be called shacking up or living in sin. A majority of births in France are now the result of such ad hoc arrangements, which tend to be transient. The sin is camouflaged with sociological jargon. Cohabiting couples is less jarring than long-term fornicators.
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