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Word: turp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...graffiti had stayed at that innocent level, there would be no need for Mr. Shuttleworth. No Gobbler would have been welcome in the days when Kilroy was here. But Kilroy is not here any more and his, in any case, was a benevolent omnipresence. Not so with his successors: TURP, BOOB, HURK, DZ3, SONY, JUNIOR Y, SODA 1, whose names-if they are names-twist and bubble on the flat surfaces of our lives like virulent bacteria. No place in the country is safe, but New York City is actually under siege, its walls tottering under the cumulative weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Waiting for Mr. Shuttleworth | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

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