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Word: perced (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American Mom since Philip Wylie (in Generation of Vipers) held her over his hot temper and roasted her to a charred turn. The story behind the breakfastless children, the experts reported, is that Mom is a slugabed who refuses to get up in time to scramble the eggs and perc the coffee. Furthermore, the survey showed, many teen-age girls are scared by diet-conscious mothers into skipping breakfast. Then, after the breakfastless daughter goes off to school, Mom rises late, stuffs herself and gets fatter day by day. The nutritionists' remedy: less eating, more cooking by mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Woe Is Mom | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

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