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Meaning of если что

In my opinion, если что has strong negative connotations or implications, such as if worse comes to worst, in case of emergency/emergencies. Она уже не маленькая, если что can be rendered as Она уже ...
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Breadth of the word "нетство"

The word нетчик, when it was a thing, was applied only to the nobility. To answer your question, some modern authors do apply it to lower classes who failed to report for service: Нетчики сбивались в ...
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Breadth of the word "нетство"

That's not a word I recognize as a native speaker. I'd call a conscientious objector an "отказник", and someone who just dodges the draft for personal reasons (fear, dislike of the military ...
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Breadth of the word "нетство"

I've never come across either нетство or нетчик(-и) in speech or in writing. Both sound dated, bookish and somewhat effeminate to me. I suggest not using them at all.
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вспоминать o + the prepositional versus вспоминать + the accusative

вспоминать + acc. means "to remember something", вспоминать о means "to remember about something (that it exists)". They can be interchangeable in some contexts indeed, but here ...
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