TIT, N.³ — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1857: Paul Pry (London 15 Aug. n.p.: George Hy, of Charlotte-street, alias the Sneak, alias the Spongy Cove, alias the Tit, and several others.: 1881: Sins of the Cities of the Plain 30: I asked her to kiss and forgive me. ‘You know, Jack, I will. You were such a tit then,’ she replied. 1947: Landfall (N.Z.) Dec. 290: Why didn’t Lachlan go, the silly tit? FLY, V. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1781: G. Parker View of Society II 164: Flying Porter is a fellow dressed like a Porter; a pen and ink and sheet of paper set him up. He watches the ale-houses which sell purl early in the morning, where he looks over the yesterday’s Daily Advertiser, and drinks a penny-worth.He looks CRAP, V.² — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1948 (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 93: The dumb kid had been so afraid he must have crapped his pants. 1952: J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 452: I couldna got it if he wasn’t scared so bad he crapped his pants.: 1965: E. Bond Saved Scene vi: It’ll crap itself t’ death.: 1994: F. Mac Anna Ship Inspector 9: I had crapped my trousers in front of the whole school.

ALL THE WAY, ADV.

1966: in Newark Advocate (OH) 21 May 3/3–4: all the way — French-fried potatoes with eggs.: 2002: Carteret Community College (NC) Campus Grill menu All the way includes: Mushrooms, onions & peppers Choice of Swiss or American Cheese.: 2002: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) 16 Jul Hot dogs are obviously the main attraction here. Nestled in a soft white bun and dressed ‘all the

way

DAMN, ADJ. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG c.1707 ‘Long Vacation’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) IV 143: I whip’d into an Ally They could not pursue; / So got rid of my Mistress, / And D--- Reckoning too. 1733: Laugh and Be Fat 132: Damn Whores, I’d not give Three-pence for a T--t.: 1807: J.R. Shaw Life and Travels 57: He called me a d--n rebel.: 1819 ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 11 GOAK, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1862 ‘Artemus Ward’ Artemus Ward, His Book 79: Extry charg fur this larst remark. It’s a goak. 1866: Sportsman 4 Sept. 2/1: Notes on News N.B. As Artemus Ward might phrase it, this is intended for a ‘goak’. 1869: Bell’s Life in Sydney 22 May 13/2: Curious name

that, I

PISS-, PFX — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1940: implied in piss-rotten : 1950: A.B. Guthrie Way West 253: The Snake ain’ no piss-piddle of a river.: 1962 (con. 1940s) G. Mandel Wax Boom 80: Aah, you ain’t fit yet to talk about combat, you piss-bellied—. 1977 (con. 1941) R. Beilby Gunner 41: You sloppy piss-witted bastard! 1999: Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 9: pissdrunk – drunk.: 2001 ‘Randy Everhard’ Tattoo of a Naked Lady 114

YARD, N.⁴

1838 ‘Paul Pry’ Oddities of London Life II 320: was as erect and as thin as a ‘yard and a half of pump water’. 1849: Sam Sly 3 Feb. 7/3: long personage, like unto a yard of pump water. .: 1887: H. Caine Deemster I 227: I’m right up and down like a yard o’ pump water, that’s what I am. NOOKIE, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG nookie n. 1. ( orig. US) sexual intercourse. S.P. Boyer diary 16 Oct. in Barnes Naval Surgeon (1963) 102: A grand ‘John Nugi,’ or, as some call it, a ‘Johnnie Nookee.’. In order for me to explain said affair, it will be necessary for me to state that a ‘Nugi’ [ Nugu,

meaning to take

BUM, N.¹ — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG bum n.1. 1. ( also bumb, bum-bay,

bumbum, bumm

TIT, N.³ — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1857: Paul Pry (London 15 Aug. n.p.: George Hy, of Charlotte-street, alias the Sneak, alias the Spongy Cove, alias the Tit, and several others.: 1881: Sins of the Cities of the Plain 30: I asked her to kiss and forgive me. ‘You know, Jack, I will. You were such a tit then,’ she replied. 1947: Landfall (N.Z.) Dec. 290: Why didn’t Lachlan go, the silly tit? FLY, V. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1781: G. Parker View of Society II 164: Flying Porter is a fellow dressed like a Porter; a pen and ink and sheet of paper set him up. He watches the ale-houses which sell purl early in the morning, where he looks over the yesterday’s Daily Advertiser, and drinks a penny-worth.He looks CRAP, V.² — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1948 (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 93: The dumb kid had been so afraid he must have crapped his pants. 1952: J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 452: I couldna got it if he wasn’t scared so bad he crapped his pants.: 1965: E. Bond Saved Scene vi: It’ll crap itself t’ death.: 1994: F. Mac Anna Ship Inspector 9: I had crapped my trousers in front of the whole school.

ALL THE WAY, ADV.

1966: in Newark Advocate (OH) 21 May 3/3–4: all the way — French-fried potatoes with eggs.: 2002: Carteret Community College (NC) Campus Grill menu All the way includes: Mushrooms, onions & peppers Choice of Swiss or American Cheese.: 2002: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) 16 Jul Hot dogs are obviously the main attraction here. Nestled in a soft white bun and dressed ‘all the

way

DAMN, ADJ. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG c.1707 ‘Long Vacation’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) IV 143: I whip’d into an Ally They could not pursue; / So got rid of my Mistress, / And D--- Reckoning too. 1733: Laugh and Be Fat 132: Damn Whores, I’d not give Three-pence for a T--t.: 1807: J.R. Shaw Life and Travels 57: He called me a d--n rebel.: 1819 ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 11 GOAK, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1862 ‘Artemus Ward’ Artemus Ward, His Book 79: Extry charg fur this larst remark. It’s a goak. 1866: Sportsman 4 Sept. 2/1: Notes on News N.B. As Artemus Ward might phrase it, this is intended for a ‘goak’. 1869: Bell’s Life in Sydney 22 May 13/2: Curious name

that, I

PISS-, PFX — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1940: implied in piss-rotten : 1950: A.B. Guthrie Way West 253: The Snake ain’ no piss-piddle of a river.: 1962 (con. 1940s) G. Mandel Wax Boom 80: Aah, you ain’t fit yet to talk about combat, you piss-bellied—. 1977 (con. 1941) R. Beilby Gunner 41: You sloppy piss-witted bastard! 1999: Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 9: pissdrunk – drunk.: 2001 ‘Randy Everhard’ Tattoo of a Naked Lady 114

YARD, N.⁴

1838 ‘Paul Pry’ Oddities of London Life II 320: was as erect and as thin as a ‘yard and a half of pump water’. 1849: Sam Sly 3 Feb. 7/3: long personage, like unto a yard of pump water. .: 1887: H. Caine Deemster I 227: I’m right up and down like a yard o’ pump water, that’s what I am. NOOKIE, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG nookie n. 1. ( orig. US) sexual intercourse. S.P. Boyer diary 16 Oct. in Barnes Naval Surgeon (1963) 102: A grand ‘John Nugi,’ or, as some call it, a ‘Johnnie Nookee.’. In order for me to explain said affair, it will be necessary for me to state that a ‘Nugi’ [ Nugu,

meaning to take

BUM, N.¹ — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG bum n.1. 1. ( also bumb, bum-bay,

bumbum, bumm

GDOS NEWS - BLOG.GREENSDICTOFSLANG.COM Exploring the mysteries of bonzers, boshters, boskers, and bontodgers James Lambert [James Lambert is the Contributing Editor of Green’s Dictionary of Slang.In this special guest blog he has been looking into the etymology of one of Australia’s quintessential slang words: bonzer and with it a variety of associated terms.The conclusions he draws, based on extensive research, take our GDOS NEWS — UPDATE #16 1 AUGUST-30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Update #16 1 August-30 September 2020. Welcome to the 16th upgrade of this on line version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang. It also marks the 10th anniversary of its initial, three-volume hardbacked publication. Acute users will note that it offers only two months of

research.

CRAP, V.² — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1948 (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 93: The dumb kid had been so afraid he must have crapped his pants. 1952: J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 452: I couldna got it if he wasn’t scared so bad he crapped his pants.: 1965: E. Bond Saved Scene vi: It’ll crap itself t’ death.: 1994: F. Mac Anna Ship Inspector 9: I had crapped my trousers in front of the whole school.

DICKENS, THE, PHR.

1875: Auckland Eve. Star (Supp.) 30 Oct. 6/2: Getting the dickens and all of a cold in my head.: 1884 (con. c.1840) ‘Mark Twain’ Huckleberry Finn 198: Walk fast now then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!: 1900: Marvel 12 Nov. 4: I wish to dickens you hadn’t!: 1902: A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel 226: There would be the dickens of an upset in New York – a sort of

SUGAR, N.¹

1858: A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 379: In order to find out which of the inhabitants ‘was with most sugar’.: 1862 ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Hand me over the ‘sugar’ – alias the cash – for it.: 1865: Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 5/1: ‘Sugar’ was plentiful, and of course the ‘lush’ was ditto.: 1867: Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 5 Oct. n.p.:

ALL OUTDOORS, N.

1825: J. Neal Brother Jonathan I 111: Stuffy feller (that bear) as ever you see’d; big as all out o’doors.: 1830: S. Smith Life J. Downing 64: I had a letter from him t’other day, as long as all out doors, in the Boston Advertiser .: 1840: T. Haliburton Clockmaker III 78: He lathers his chin with an English brush and English soap, a-lookin’ as big as all out doors. PISS-, PFX — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1940: implied in piss-rotten : 1950: A.B. Guthrie Way West 253: The Snake ain’ no piss-piddle of a river.: 1962 (con. 1940s) G. Mandel Wax Boom 80: Aah, you ain’t fit yet to talk about combat, you piss-bellied—. 1977 (con. 1941) R. Beilby Gunner 41: You sloppy piss-witted bastard! 1999: Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 9: pissdrunk – drunk.: 2001 ‘Randy Everhard’ Tattoo of a Naked Lady 114

WRAPPED, ADJ.

1919 ‘Bartimeus’ ‘The Wooing of Mouldy Jakes’ in Awfully Big Adventure 29: Don’t work up a ‘pash’ over him till you know more about him. For all you know, he’s married already – or wrapped up in another girl. 1936 (con. 1800s) ‘The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi’ in A.P. Hudson Humor of the Old Deep South 439: He got all wrapped up in Mary. GDOS NEWS — AB&Z: ANTHONY BURGESS’ LOST DICTIONARY OF SLANG AB&Z: Anthony Burgess’ Lost Dictionary of Slang. This is the text of a talk I gave at the international Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester earlier in July 2017. It looks at Anthony Burgess’ attempt to compile a dictionary of slang, for which he was commissioned by Penguin books in 1965. As the talk explains, despite

his initial

GDOS NEWS — GDOS UPDATE #11 JULY 31 2019 GDoS Update #11 July 31 2019. Welcome to the eleventh and latest update of the online version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang. As ever, some statistics: research (somewhat limited by external priorities) over the last three months has added 199 new slang terms, the majority from the last few years; 216 entries have been predated

as to their

BLOG.GREENSDICTOFSLANG.COM Exploring the mysteries of bonzers, boshters, boskers, and bontodgers James Lambert [James Lambert is the Contributing Editor of Green’s Dictionary of Slang.In this special guest blog he has been looking into the etymology of one of Australia’s quintessential slang words: bonzer and with it a variety of associated terms.The conclusions he draws, based on extensive research, take our

ABBREVIATIONS

a. ante adj./adjs. adjective/adjectives adv./advs. adverb/adverbs Afk. Afrikaans Amer. American Anglo-Ind. Anglo-Indian (in usage labels) GDOS NEWS — UPDATE #16 1 AUGUST-30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Welcome to the 16th upgrade of this on line version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang.It also marks the 10th anniversary of its initial, three-volume hardbacked publication. FLY, V. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1781: G. Parker View of Society II 164: Flying Porter is a fellow dressed like a Porter; a pen and ink and sheet of paper set him up. He watches the ale-houses which sell purl early in the morning, where he looks over the yesterday’s Daily Advertiser, and drinks a penny-worth.He looks DAMN, ADJ. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG c.1707 ‘Long Vacation’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) IV 143: I whip’d into an Ally They could not pursue; / So got rid of my Mistress, / And D--- Reckoning too. 1733: Laugh and Be Fat 132: Damn Whores, I’d not give Three-pence for a T--t.: 1807: J.R. Shaw Life and Travels 57: He called me a d--n rebel.: 1819 ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 11

DUMB GLUTTON, N.

1790 ‘Bumper Allnight. Esquire’ Honest Fellow 77: Some mouths they are fed / With butter and bread, / And others with veal and mutton, / But Paddy lugg’d out / A long pudding and stout, / And cramm’d it into her dumb glutton. 1890–1904: Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.: 1896: Farmer Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 16: Approvisionner.To copulate; ‘to feed the dumb glutton’.

BLISTER, V.

1702: S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel III i: Rat this Blockhead, what a Metamorphosis is here; ’tis well I fell upon my Cloak, or I had daub’d all my Cloaths, blister me.: 1823: Sydney Gaz. 30 Oct. 4/1: Blister me, if this woudn’t be better to read than lots of stuff about the French and Spanish quarrels. 1825: C.M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I 178: Well, blister the mare, Dick! EVE’S CUSTOM HOUSE, N. c.1786 Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Eve’s Custom-house, where Adam made his first entry. The monosyllable. 1788, 1796: Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).: 1790 ‘Bumper Allnight. Esquire’ Honest Fellow 216: Sentiments Eve’s custom house, where Adam made the first entry.: 1811: Lex. Balatronicum. NOOKIE, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG [1868: S.P. Boyer diary 16 Oct. in Barnes Naval Surgeon (1963) 102: A grand ‘John Nugi,’ or, as some call it, a ‘Johnnie Nookee.’ In order for me to explain said affair, it will be necessary for me to state that a ‘Nugi’ consists of nothing more or less than a fine display of human form divine of ye fair but frail daughters of Japan. GDOS NEWS — AB&Z: ANTHONY BURGESS’ LOST DICTIONARY OF SLANG This is the text of a talk I gave at the international Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester earlier in July 2017. It looks at Anthony Burgess’ attempt to compile a dictionary of slang, for which he was commissioned by Penguin books in 1965. BLOG.GREENSDICTOFSLANG.COM Exploring the mysteries of bonzers, boshters, boskers, and bontodgers James Lambert [James Lambert is the Contributing Editor of Green’s Dictionary of Slang.In this special guest blog he has been looking into the etymology of one of Australia’s quintessential slang words: bonzer and with it a variety of associated terms.The conclusions he draws, based on extensive research, take our

ABBREVIATIONS

a. ante adj./adjs. adjective/adjectives adv./advs. adverb/adverbs Afk. Afrikaans Amer. American Anglo-Ind. Anglo-Indian (in usage labels) GDOS NEWS — UPDATE #16 1 AUGUST-30 SEPTEMBER 2020 Welcome to the 16th upgrade of this on line version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang.It also marks the 10th anniversary of its initial, three-volume hardbacked publication. FLY, V. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1781: G. Parker View of Society II 164: Flying Porter is a fellow dressed like a Porter; a pen and ink and sheet of paper set him up. He watches the ale-houses which sell purl early in the morning, where he looks over the yesterday’s Daily Advertiser, and drinks a penny-worth.He looks DAMN, ADJ. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG c.1707 ‘Long Vacation’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) IV 143: I whip’d into an Ally They could not pursue; / So got rid of my Mistress, / And D--- Reckoning too. 1733: Laugh and Be Fat 132: Damn Whores, I’d not give Three-pence for a T--t.: 1807: J.R. Shaw Life and Travels 57: He called me a d--n rebel.: 1819 ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 11

DUMB GLUTTON, N.

1790 ‘Bumper Allnight. Esquire’ Honest Fellow 77: Some mouths they are fed / With butter and bread, / And others with veal and mutton, / But Paddy lugg’d out / A long pudding and stout, / And cramm’d it into her dumb glutton. 1890–1904: Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.: 1896: Farmer Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 16: Approvisionner.To copulate; ‘to feed the dumb glutton’.

BLISTER, V.

1702: S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel III i: Rat this Blockhead, what a Metamorphosis is here; ’tis well I fell upon my Cloak, or I had daub’d all my Cloaths, blister me.: 1823: Sydney Gaz. 30 Oct. 4/1: Blister me, if this woudn’t be better to read than lots of stuff about the French and Spanish quarrels. 1825: C.M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I 178: Well, blister the mare, Dick! EVE’S CUSTOM HOUSE, N. c.1786 Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Eve’s Custom-house, where Adam made his first entry. The monosyllable. 1788, 1796: Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).: 1790 ‘Bumper Allnight. Esquire’ Honest Fellow 216: Sentiments Eve’s custom house, where Adam made the first entry.: 1811: Lex. Balatronicum. NOOKIE, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG [1868: S.P. Boyer diary 16 Oct. in Barnes Naval Surgeon (1963) 102: A grand ‘John Nugi,’ or, as some call it, a ‘Johnnie Nookee.’ In order for me to explain said affair, it will be necessary for me to state that a ‘Nugi’ consists of nothing more or less than a fine display of human form divine of ye fair but frail daughters of Japan. GDOS NEWS — AB&Z: ANTHONY BURGESS’ LOST DICTIONARY OF SLANG This is the text of a talk I gave at the international Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester earlier in July 2017. It looks at Anthony Burgess’ attempt to compile a dictionary of slang, for which he was commissioned by Penguin books in 1965.

ALL THAT, ADJ.

1989–2003: R.O. Scott Gay Sl. Dict. 🌐 all that: adj. as good as it gets.(‘This Queen thinks she’s all that, and more!’). 1993: Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 1: all that – the highest in achievement. Said sarcastically. 1997: Simon & Burns Corner (1998) 113: Fuck them project niggers. They ain’t all that. 1997–2000 DAMN, ADJ. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG c.1707 ‘Long Vacation’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) IV 143: I whip’d into an Ally They could not pursue; / So got rid of my Mistress, / And D--- Reckoning too. 1733: Laugh and Be Fat 132: Damn Whores, I’d not give Three-pence for a T--t.: 1807: J.R. Shaw Life and Travels 57: He called me a d--n rebel.: 1819 ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 11

DICKENS, THE, PHR.

1875: Auckland Eve. Star (Supp.) 30 Oct. 6/2: Getting the dickens and all of a cold in my head.: 1884 (con. c.1840) ‘Mark Twain’ Huckleberry Finn 198: Walk fast now then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!: 1900: Marvel 12 Nov. 4: I wish to dickens you hadn’t!: 1902: A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel 226: There would be the dickens of an upset in New York – a sort of CRAP, V.² — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1948 (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 93: The dumb kid had been so afraid he must have crapped his pants. 1952: J. Jones From Here to Eternity (1998) 452: I couldna got it if he wasn’t scared so bad he crapped his pants.: 1965: E. Bond Saved Scene vi: It’ll crap itself t’ death.: 1994: F. Mac Anna Ship Inspector 9: I had crapped my trousers in front of the whole school. GOAK, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1862 ‘Artemus Ward’ Artemus Ward, His Book 79: Extry charg fur this larst remark. It’s a goak. 1866: Sportsman 4 Sept. 2/1: Notes on News N.B. As Artemus Ward might phrase it, this is intended for a ‘goak’. 1869: Bell’s Life in Sydney 22 May 13/2: Curious name

that, I

HEN, N. — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1629: R. Brome Northern Lasse I v: Are you the Cock-bawd to the Hen was here, erewhile, Sir.: 1635: H. Glapthorne Hollander IV i: There are knights in towne who know their Ladies to be Hens oth’ game.: a.1661 ‘A Free Parliament Letany’ Rump Poems and Songs (1662) ii 185: From a Dunghill Cock, and Hen of the Game. 1688: T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia III i: He is a Ruffian, and a Cock-bawd TOWN, N.² — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1914: Gas Power Age 9 69/1: The editor, the parson, the lawyer and the town clown have each told him that he was too smart for the farm.: 1920: Police Jrnl 6-8 22: A county constable is known as a ‘town clown,’ and a uniformed policeman as a ‘harness bull’.: 1923: N. Anderson Hobo 17: It is well that the jungles be not too far from a town, though far enough to escape the attention of GDOS NEWS — UPDATE #15 1 MAY TO 31 JULY 2020 Welcome to the fifteenth and latest quarterly update of the online version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang. As ever, some statistics: research over the last three months has added 385 new slang terms; 538 entries have been predated as to their currently recorded ‘first use’ and some 4,472 new citations – including ante-dates, inter-dates and post-dates to reflect the continuing use of TAT, N.³ — GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG 1982: H. Beaton Outside In Act II: Ginny in a pretty pink dress, hair set, face set. Tatts hidden under long sleeves. 1991: M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 23: I am covered neck to ankle in tatts.: 1992: A. Duff One Night Out Stealing 8: He thrust out a tat covered hand and exposed forearm.: 2000: T. Fontana ‘You Bet Your Life’ Oz ser. 4 ep. 8 See this tat? GDOS NEWS — UPDATE Welcome to the fifteenth and latest quarterly update of the online version of Green’s Dictionary of Slang. As ever, some statistics: research over the last three months has added 385 new slang terms; 538 entries have been predated as to their currently recorded ‘first use’ and some 4,472 new citations – including ante-dates, inter-dates and post-dates to reflect the continuing use of

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