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Word: buyin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...case you don't get th' point about th' "disease," th' mother acts real paranoid about germs, n' a lamb gets maggots. Also, there's an impending plague of another sort: what th' son calls a "zombie invasion," zombies bein' all th' slick nobodies who're buyin' up land in th' West n' turnin' it into housin' developments n' shoppin' malls...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Just a Story About Some Cowboys | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...intelligence test for America. With his unashamed assertion of who he is, he flirts with prejudice, daring it out of its cave. He is the only presidential candidate who can say ain't without being considered ignorant except by the ignorant: "We makin' what ain't nobody buyin'." More than most politicians, he has a sense of the absurd in a campaign, and cannot resist making jokes as well as history (as he proved during his surreal day with Silo Sam). Though he has resolved not to criticize other Democrats, an occasional mocking touch comes through. At last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making History with Silo Sam | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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