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Dave Wilton

21 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
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B&W photo of a cat in a winged viking helmet and scale-mail breastplate, with the caption “Brünnhilde"

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Photo of numerous bikini-clad women posing with a man; the word “Booty” appears at the top in large letters
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booty / booty call (paid)

31 Aug 2026 6 min read
Photo of marchers, mostly women, waving rainbow Pride flags

pride

31 August 2026 Pride comes to us from the Old English pryde or pryte, which had a core meaning pretty much the same as the present-day word. But strangely, its origin is quite different from that of proud. Our present-day adjective proud is a reflex of an Old
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Photo montage of four major entertainment award statuettes

EGOT

28 August 2026 EGOT is an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony and is a status given to people who have won all four awards. To date, twenty-two people have achieved EGOT status with competitive awards, the most recent being Steven Spielberg, who achieved the status with a
28 Aug 2026 1 min read
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