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		hnick on Nov 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parse, Don’t Validate It pre-dates the slang term by quite a while, unless it was around back in 1989? I don't recall seeing that online until the last decade or so.

nereye on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

Wiktionary has it as far back as 1972, see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint.

mcphage on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

Dictionary.com claims it dates back to at least 1977, but I have no idea.

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