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Thanks to an international polyglot mailing list (dorkbot international), I saw a Madrideño write "sorry for the exabrupt."

Thus I learned the Spanish word exabrupto: "sudden outburst, harsh remark".

I am all for English adoption of the word. Apologies for the exabrupt.

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