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Word: adnauseam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1997-1997
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Usage:

...contemporary American life. Not long into the three ring circus of a trial that the media gleefully beamed into our homes, it became clear that the cheap, silly sensationalism of American pop culture had at last infiltrated American jurisprudence. An America that had been "Sally Jessed" and "Geraldoed" adnauseam only needed a nudge from a football player-turned-B-movie-actor-turned-B-murderer to go completely nuts. Every pathetic character in the long and sundry march toward the first verdict was vaulted into international fame. The ridiculous "surfer dude," the racist cop, the narcissistic judge, the scuzzy defense lawyers...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Bye, Bye O.J. | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

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