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Word: pimped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...selling album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She might also do a little acting on the show--SNL staff members have asked her to appear in a skit. But as Hill reads, her small rose-blossom lips wilt into a frown. She hands you the script. It's titled Pimp Chat--it's a sketch about a street hustler with a talk show. Hill's role: a 'ho. Or, if she's uncomfortable with that, she can play a female pimp. Hmmm. Now, being in an SNL sketch is a big opportunity--but this one might chip away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...Dewey was appointed New York City special prosecutor to crack down on the rackets. He targeted Luciano, calling him "the czar of organized crime in this city," and charged him with multiple counts of compulsory prostitution. The trial was sensational. Tabloids went wild. Lucky vehemently denied being a pimp. "It's a bum rap," he said, a lament echoed down the years to modern Miami, where a few aging mobsters remember the man. "Nobody had anything bad to say about Charlie," one of them told me. "He's the one who put it all together. A gentleman. He'd give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUCKY LUCIANO: Criminal Mastermind | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...some people's design ambitions soar beyond this mundane, utilitarian conception. They venture into stimulating new territory by laying out their room for the purpose of maximizing carnal pleasure. "Love nests," "player's cribs," "pimp palaces"--there'll be no studying here...

Author: By Debra P. Hunter, | Title: Rooms Built For Love, and Then Some | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...spellbinding ride. He is a virtuoso of the lyric description and the free-range sentence, as well as a connoisseur of cantinas and ranch kitchens. A lot of whiskey and coffee goes down and many wooden matches are ignited by horny thumbnails before John Grady Cole and a Mexican pimp named Eduardo square off with knives over the fate of Magdalena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thar She Moos | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Many people I know currently in the internship search plan to "pimp" their Harvard name, believing that their status as Harvard students will open up every opportunity. Unfortunately, that Harvard name can only...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, | Title: Waiting By the Mailbox In Vain | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

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