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Word: pigging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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GHOULS R US reads the legend on Daffy's office window. He's just the spook sleuth to help a comely se-duck-tress who needs some exorcise. There are homages aplenty to the old cartoons -- lascivious bulging eyes, deft wordplay (in pig Latin) and that bizarre sound effect that suggests a gargoyle gargling -- and laughs aseveral. The pace lags in spots, but any lulls allow the viewer to savor the glory of full, hand-drawn animation. And Daffy is as raffish as ever, talking like Freud or stalking like Groucho. At the end, three ghostly Shmoos chase Daffy down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Daffy's Back | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...Just because you are not extremely prone to gum disease as a result of your preference of eating habits, you are acting in anger against those who may be at risk. You are a p-i-g, pig...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Insanity Defense | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

...complains her father. "She eats lots of chocolate but hardly touches her meals." Last May, in full sight of her guests, Weiwei, 7, imperiously scraped off for herself all the icing on her birthday cake. When her father scolded her, she snapped, "You're a monster and a fat pig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Bringing Up Baby, One by One | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

This floor of the exhibit is dominated by bizarre and grotesque "fairy-tale scenes" in which Sherman creates her fullest narratives, single images which bring forth a dream or fantasy. These disturbing images feature Sherman as a variety of different characters, including an Arabian prince, a deformed pig-like beast and a drowned corpse. Set in an eerie and frightening landscape of rocks and gel lighting, these fairy tales jump from Sherman's imagination into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Developing Talent | 11/25/1987 | See Source »

Team-mate #2: It's the size of a pig's head--but it doesn't look like...

Author: By Albert Yoon, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Lacrosse Finds Object; Interrupts Team Practice | 11/21/1987 | See Source »

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