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burgerbrain on June 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions

The word you are looking for is "negative". Negative connotation.

And yes, that is the point of the metaphor.

Tyrannosaurs on June 9, 2011 [–]

No, the word I was looking for is emotive.

I'm happy to accept that negative is reasonable here, I don't accept that emotive in this way this metaphor is, is useful or a good reflection of the situation.

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