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Word: gilllgan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

Orotund. With the exception of a few local reporters, the coverage on most stations proved as numbing as six hours of Gilllgan's Island reruns. The tot boards endlessly reeled off numbers that were rendered ciphers by the landslide. Reporters talked aimlessly with such pundits as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Late in the evening, even Eric Sevareid was at a loss for his specialty, the orotund, empty phrase. In desperation he began to pick the brain of Luigi Barzini, author of The Italians and a dilettantish follower of McGovern's campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Last-Place Tie | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

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