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Let's discuss the fact Jamie straight up invented a word on The Bachelorette last night.

 

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On Wednesday night, Australia watched a man drop “THE BIGGEST BOMB” on The Bachelorette mansion and it was totally overshadowed by his unfortunate grasp of… words.

It was a rough cocktail party: We all forgot a man named Haydn (with a missing E) went home, watched Carlin (and his face) defend himself gallantly and were left distraught by the sight of our favourites Timm and Ciarran fighting.

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But with all that drama, there is one thing we need to talk about more than anything else.

And that is Jamie's incessant use of the word 'ingenuine' WHICH IS NOT ACTUALLY A WORD AT ALL.

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I personally lost count after the 8th 'ingenuine', and can only be grateful I didn't opt into the 'ingenuine drinking game' that likely rendered much of the population drunker than Timm was when he told the men Angie had taken back Carlin's rose.

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Jamie's use of the 'ingenuine' was so frequent and delivered so confidently, it left us second guessing everything we'd ever learned about the English language. Thankfully, Google Trends made it abundantly clear we weren't the only ones...

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Look at those spikes during the time The Bachelorette was airing.

And what does dear Google say, about this word-that's-not-a-word, you ask? That it's... not a word. The top entry on a Google search of 'ingenuine' is this from Urban Dictionary, who always we trust 100 per cent.

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Only another made up word can accurately sum up our feelings on this: Shook.

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Maybe Jamie's just ahead of the curve? Maybe we'll all be yelling 'HE'S INGENUINE' in a few years time, while we're throwing men with nice faces under buses with rainbow socks on.

Did he just... forget that a real word - disingenuous - exists? Was it a troll? Will he reveal a questionable tattoo in the next episode as homage to our old friend Wazza?

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If you're still unsure, let us present this perfectly put together argument from Osher:

Case closed.

We nominate Timm to be the one to tell Jamie of his mistake next episode, please and thank you.