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Word: phrasings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, "pu pu" is a phrase that can hardly attract customers in an English-speaking country...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

Still, "pu pu" is a phrase that can hardly attract customers in an English-speaking country...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Above and Beyond the Name: Pu Pu Hot Pot Sizzles | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...doesn't make the Mongolian hot pot because the restaurant is simply too small, Liu says. And she adds that the Pu Pu gets some customers who mistakenly think the restaurant carries the dish, given that restaurant's name includes the phrase...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Above and Beyond the Name: Pu Pu Hot Pot Sizzles | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...that nagging name question, Liu says the phrase "pu pu" in Chinese means "cute little treasure," and is often used, for example, as a diminutive term for babies...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Above and Beyond the Name: Pu Pu Hot Pot Sizzles | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...than 3 lbs.--that began shipping to retail stores at year's end. These machines run on the slimmed-down operating system known as Windows CE--the same one used on personal digital assistants like the PalmPilot. While the machines are technically laptops, my editor at TIME, a brilliant phrase turner, has a better name for them: kneetops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Kneetop PCs | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

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