link: Thousands of Hyphens Perish
"Bumble-bee is now bumblebee, ice-cream is ice cream and pot-belly is pot belly.
And if you've got a problem, don't be such a crybaby (formerly cry-baby)."
They say it is because most people don't know how to use hyphens properly. I'd be horrified, hurt or even huffish, but I didn't even realize 'ice-cream' should be hyphenated in the first place. If you aren't part of the solution...
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