I would like to stop pop-ups that are within emails and articles.

when a word or phrase is underlined or off color, if you pass your mouse over it, a pop window appears with inane blather about that word/phrase. I would like to stop the pop-ups and, if I want information about that word/phrase, I will click on it.

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