"icon"

[Jocelyn Limpert]

Fucking sick indeed -- CNN is one of many reasons I don't need/want cable.
Unfortunately it's not just CNN! And why people need to stop uttering the
oh-so-overused "icon" and "iconic," too!


On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > "Civil rights icon Emmett Till."
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> That's fucking sick!
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