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Word: brotherish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...habits), and they plan to use that knowledge to send ads, infomercials and special deals targeted to a household's income and interests. TiVo has sent its subscribers promos from Lexus and Best Buy, and this month they will get a trailer for the movie Mr. Deeds. Sound Big Brotherish? It doesn't seem to bother TiVo fans like John Harper. "If the commercial is entertaining enough," he says, "I'll watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ad Zappers | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

...surveillance satellites, much of the public lacks faith, it seems, in the bureau's guarantee of total confidentiality. Like draft-card burners from the 1960s, some privacy-loving Americans have even vowed to pay the government's $100 penalty for nonfiling rather than satisfy Uncle Sam's Big Brotherish curiosity about such matters as whether their home has a working flush toilet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks for Asking | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

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