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Word: whupped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deliver a futurismo fashion statement and a can of whup-ass in the same movie--this is smart filmmaking. Larry and Andy Wachowski, the Chicago-bred brothers who wrote and directed The Matrix, are smart in a way moviegoers love and Hollywood moguls cherish: the picture, shot in Australia for $63 million, had the year's strongest opening weekend and pulled in a robust $50.7 million in its first nine days. The film's producer, Joel Silver, says the boys have a sequel in mind, and cannily adds, "The more success the movie has, the more willing they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Popular Metaphysics | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...were just excited, and we had so muchconfidence in Brad," Menick said. "Brad was doinggreat all year in practice, and we saw it in hiseyes, we were just going to whup somebody, we wereconfident...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Outpaces Holy Cross | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...some unknown reason (meteorite), country music seems to have died out completely in Massachusetts. We can only wonder what a difference it would have made in Northeastern and American history had it survived. Some possibilities I have come up with are: the Boston Massacre would be The Big Boston Whup-Ass; the Declaration of Independence would include 37 uses of the word "ain't" and contain the phrase "mighty displeased;" "Vermont" would be pronounced "Varmint:" instead of "Liberty or Death," some revolutionary flags would resemble Yosemite sam "Back Off" mudflaps; and there would be two major hurdles for presidential candidates...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Achy-Breaky Harvard | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...test dummies before he was knocked out last November by Holyfield, a boxer with solid but less than historic gifts. Then came the fight that reduced him to tearing off bits of the other guy. "He wasn't up for another beating," says Holyfield. "He realized he couldn't whup me, and he got frustrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFTER THE BITE | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...ring...What else could I do?" Holyfield, who was taken to Valley Hospital after the fight to surgically repair the ear, addressed Tyson by saying "I truly believe fear itself causes people to do the easy thing. The quickest way was to get out. If you think you can whup me, do it with the gloves on. You had a chance to fight. Why did you bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOXING: HEAVYWEIGHT CHOMP | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

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