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    Phrases Commonly Used by 1950s Housewives That Were Often Misinterpreted by the Housewives’ Husbands as Blatant Requests for Sex
    by Whitney Collins
  • May 25, 2007
    Phrases in My Apartment Listing on Craigslist That Most Likely Hurt My Chances of Finding a Renter
    by Cal Newport
  • November 8, 2006
    Phrases on the Marquee at the Local Strip Club to Cater to a More Literate Crowd
    by Jonathan Shipley
  • April 14, 2006
    Common Phrases Not Written in My High-School Yearbook, for a Multitude of Reasons
    by Colleen Doyle
  • January 13, 2006
    Words and Phrases I Hope Never Appear in Front of My Name in Print
    by Michael Ward
  • April 20, 2005
    The Next Thing Said After Select Famous Phrases
    by Marc Tyler Nobleman
  • March 18, 2005
    A List of Phrases, Common in Our Language, That Become Awkward in a Dimension of Unending Pain
    by Aaron Esser-Kahn
  • February 11, 2004
    Kevin Dolgin Tells You About Places You Should Go in Europe: Useful Phrases
    by Kevin Dolgin
  • September 26, 2003
    Grout-Related Phrases Written on the Grout in a Bathroom Stall (Most Likely Written While Sitting on the Toilet)
    by Ryan Gratzer
  • July 29, 2003
    Actual Phrases from My American History Textbook
    by Marissa Skudlarek
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