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Word: yabadabadaba (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with couples reliving junior high sock-hops. Every few minutes a fellow who works nights for Penn Central and is calling in sick to be here, jumps up to imitate Lennon. "Back in the USSR. Yeah! Back in the USSR," he sings, waving an invisible guitar over his head. "Yabadabadaba!" shouts someone as a Magical Mystery Tour Guide throws a box of blurry photos over the balcony. Suddenly, there's a minor re-enactment of mobbing the Beatles; this time it's only pictures. Hands clutch at the paper, as though they were home runs hit into Fenway bleachers. Another...

Author: By Michiko Kakutani, | Title: Nostalgia for the Pepsi Generation | 8/13/1974 | See Source »

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