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Word: c3po (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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This modernist feel was especially punctuated by guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach who donned a black (of course) collarless (priest?) buttonless (zipper?) shirt. Eschenbach's every motion was like clean staccato, a human metronome for the orchestra. And even special guest Midori's movements seemed strangely reminiscent of C3PO. The analogy should probably wisely end here...

Author: By Teri Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Go Sci-Fi with the BSO | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...puns took on a life of their own. Consider Cal Ipsobeat's confession that as an un-hip Jamaican, he thought dreadlocks (which he sports) was a lousy bagel spread. Or a crew member's observation that the gold C3PO knockoff Mike Rosoft (Geoff Oxnard '99) is Excel-lent. Or Sally Vader's encouragement to Hugh Jegg to "Just keep your sunny side up and maybe this will all go over easy!" Not to mention the endless hard-boiled detective references and Star Wars ripoffs...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Drinks Before, Not After | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

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