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Word: sexpot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Spacey finally plays his hand at a most inopportune moment, at his daughter's cheerleading show, in the form of a rejuvinating fantasy vision of his daughter's sexpot best friend Angela. Burning her way into his mind in a blizzard of rose petals, Angela reignites his sex drive, and soon he's claiming to be a new man: weightlifting, quitting work, bitching out his "joyless" wife for her materialism, and getting the 1970 Pontiac Firebird he always wanted. Because Spacey is such a delight to watch, digging into the material with wit, joy, and not a little smugness...

Author: By Jared S. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Name of the Rose | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...young poet of the moment is Deborah Garrison, whose new collection, A Working Girl Can't Win, revolves around a quintessentially self-absorbed postfeminist. Again we get a picture of a career woman in her 20s who doesn't feel pretty enough and who fantasizes about life as a sexpot. "I'm never going to sleep/ with Martin Amis/ or anyone famous./ At twenty-one I scotched/my chance to be/one of the seductresses/of the century,/ a vamp on the rise through the ranks/ of literary Gods and military men,/ who wouldn't stop at the President:/ she'd take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feminism: It's All About Me! | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...first of Hoffmann's loves is an alluring Little Bo Peep-esque automaton named Olympia (Jennifer Little), the "daughter" of the wacky Dr. Spalanzani (Joel Pollack). Hoffmann tries to romance her, but as he dances with this red-cheeked robot sexpot, she spins out of control, and the protagonist becomes painfully aware of how unnatural his lust is. Little sang some breathtaking runs, imbuing her vocal acrobatics with a fine coloratura and marvelous control...

Author: By Elisabetta A. Coletti, | Title: Dunster House Opera Spins Rousing 'Tales' | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...while, dealt cards at the local gaming houses, sang a little. His progress was slow until he met Lewis, then just 20. "I was in love with him immediately," Lewis said in a 1992 TV retrospective of their partnership. What Lewis saw in Martin was the first sexpot straight man, a perfect complement to Jer's goony girly-boy. The two clicked immediately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CROONING TOWARD OBLIVION: DEAN MARTIN (1917-1995) | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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