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

...overlapping Catch-22-caliber scenes devour congruity as war devours youth. In the abbatoir of the operating room a surgeon saws off a leg while he begs a nurse to scratch his nose. The unit's greatest nurse chaser, Dentist Painless Waldowski, decides that Don Juanism is a cover-up for homosexuality. Better never than latent, he decides after a nontumescent night, and instantly opts for the Right Thing: suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Catch-22 Caliber | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

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