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Word: nymphomaniac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...worst . . . heavy in the world . . . And it's still true. Look at the Burt Reynolds and the Clint Eastwoods and all of that crap coming up. They're all abusive to women." Howard Hawks (To Have and Have Not; Red River) on typecasting: Martha Vickers played a nymphomaniac in The Big Sleep, and the studio signed her to a long-term contract. "She started playing a nice girl, and they fired her after six months . . . I said . . . 'You were a little bitch. Why didn't you keep doing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: PEOPLE WILL TALK | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Mayhem ensues when one perverted English psychiatrist, the secretary he tries to seduce, his nymphomaniac wife, a hotel page, a self-assured government official, and a police sergeant find themselves together at a psychiatric ward, caught in a web of hidden agendas, lies, and gender disguises. As if the plot contrivances weren’t confounding enough, many of the plays’ absurd lines seem to make no sense at all, only becoming relevant at the show’s revelatory (and morally disquieting...

Author: By Ndidi N. Menkiti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Cast Stimulates Screwy ‘Butler’ | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...whose lack of image had made her remain outside the mainstream high school community, Alex is taken aback when the popular, iparty girls,i at her Los Angeles high school attempt to integrate her into their social strata. Thrown into the milieu is Sage, Alexis best friend, a savvy nymphomaniac, and Curtis, the cute new boy who has just left Colorado to escape the haunting memory of his fatheris death...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

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