CALABRESI, Circuit Judge: Language does not have a “plain meaning” outside of its particular context. “You should have passed, dummy,” means something entirely different at a bridge table from what it means on Superbowl Sunday. The same words signify very different things because the linguistic context has changed. In this case, the taxpayer has asked us to invalidate a Treasury…
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