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Word: soso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When a Nigerian says "fine pass" he means very good quality. When he says "fine pass kerosene" he means the very best. The British Labor government's high-minded intentions toward its African empire were certainly "fine pass kerosene"; but its performance was "soso talk" (ineffectual messing around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Not Fine Pass Kerosene | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

...Hollywood, Technicolor is a magic word. On movie marquees, it automatically increases the gross of a film as much as 25%. But during the booming war years the word was not so magical to Technicolor, Inc. Hampered by strikes and shortages, its earnings were just soso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Fast Color | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

...Mother (Myrna Loy). Finally one of Percy's pranks almost causes her to lose her second baby. But by dint of widespread praying, in which even the family terrier takes part, mother, child & movie pull through. A ragbag of wornout sentiment, So Goes My Love goes only soso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Jun. 17, 1946 | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

...through his usual routine. He hunted up a razor-blade and shaved down the hard calluses on his right thumb and ring-finger. He picked up a baseball to see if it felt light and small (a good omen) or heavy like a pumpkin (a bad omen). It felt soso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Quite a Feller! | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

...with a pink face, greying brown hair and bright blue eyes. Among planemaking tycoons, predominantly an inbred and individualistic group of onetime designers and pilots, Bob Gross is a sport. He is not a pilot. He knows little about aerodynamics. As a production man and administrator he is just soso. Yet he has one talent which more than balances these apparent deficiencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Salesman at Work | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

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