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Word: tans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other thing which irks me is that Coolspeak is so damned inappropriate here. Maybe Nerdspeak or Snobspeak, or even Paranoidspeak but not Coolspeak. Only about 10 people here are authentic blondes, and very few of them have either a tan or a surfboard. Consequently, when I see some pale, hairy organism loping out of the Science Center and telling some equally unfortunate companion about his "tubular" new vector conversion program, I am overcome by irony and grief...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Linguistic Liberties | 10/2/1986 | See Source »

...library-locked academics interested in the prospect of insta-tan all over, times have never been better...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Sun in the Square Isn't Just for Summer | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...politics of indoor tanning are delicate and few students publicly admit to salon membership. No one wants to seem overtly narcissistic, and a year-round tan can clash with the intellectual image. It's okay for Zonker Harris, but it's hard to connect a lucite tanning bed with, say, the head of your department...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Sun in the Square Isn't Just for Summer | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...Bronze attributes "at least 35 percent" of its business to Harvard tanners, while Tanorama's Square outlet claims it gets at least 80 percent of its business from the Ivory Tower. Geeking away in Lamont may leave you doughy, but these places provide a way to gain a savage tan as you shoot for a summa cum laude...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Sun in the Square Isn't Just for Summer | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...Cosmetically, there didn't appear to be any change in my skin's tone," he says. "It didn't give me much of a base tan...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: Sun in the Square Isn't Just for Summer | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

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