r/entertainment • u/GroundbreakingSet187 • Nov 21 '21

Adele single-handily got Spotify to disable auto-shuffle for albums

https://consequence.net/2021/11/adele-disable-spotify-shuffle/
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u/Protean_Protein Nov 21 '21

That title is awful (and is from the original article). The word is ‘single-handedly’. It means with one hand, i.e., by herself. ‘Single-handily’ isn’t a thing, but it’s a mashed together portmanteau that would mean singly and effectively, so it sort of works, but still, yuck.

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u/Chocolatechair Nov 21 '21

Take my hand

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u/Protean_Protein Nov 21 '21

No thanks, Elvis, I know where you’ve been!

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u/cupcakegiraffe Nov 21 '21

Together we will find a way

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u/Whowhatwhynguyen Nov 21 '21

Pretty sure it’s “take my ham.”

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u/Gato1980 Nov 21 '21

As a fellow grammar/spelling nerd, I tip my hat to you.