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		anoncake on May 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Boris Yeltsin Went Grocery Shopping in Clear ... Democratic People's Republic of North Korea

souprock on May 22, 2019 [–]

"People's" is a negation word, like "non" or "not".

anoncake on May 22, 2019 | [–]

German Democratic Republic. Is "German" a negation word too?

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