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Word: flytraps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buzzed in with "somewhere near Romania." This premature gesticulation caused me not only to sit in a corner and wear a dunce cap for the first three episodes but to do things never before seen on a game show. When the host began a question with the words "Venus flytrap..." I emitted a low, guttural noise, which sounded like reee. I had started to say the name of Tim Reid, the actor who played Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati, when I realized I couldn't think of his first name, so I halted mid-syllable, fearing a partial answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...like a Venus flytrap. It's morecomplicated than it seems to be. The barriers toenter are very low--rent the place, get someequipment. You don't need to launch a satellite,"he says...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Square's Tastes: A Revolving Door | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

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