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Word: rayed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ray says she received the name from a linguistics professor she once knew. "I'm always making oblique connections, and it sounds good," Ray says...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Not Just Any Tom, Dick or Harry | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

...Drives-a-truck" is a name Ray says she adopted one night when she was waiting for a group of friends and began playing with a toy Tonka truck to pass the time...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Not Just Any Tom, Dick or Harry | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

Later that night, Ray encountered some "really, really sleazy guys" who offered to show her their truck. Ray declined the invitation, answering that she had been driving a truck all night...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Not Just Any Tom, Dick or Harry | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

...Ray says she considers the Tonka truck incident good luck, since it allowed her to avoid a potentially dangerous situation. After that night, she says, the name caught...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Not Just Any Tom, Dick or Harry | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

...Ray, she says she receives an inordinate number of "Season's Greetings" requests...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Not Just Any Tom, Dick or Harry | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

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