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 n.— «Advocates of parental spying say kids’ use of requires to keep up with gadgets of their own. Critics, however, have coined a term for the trend. Instead of Big Brother, they call such surveillance “Big Mother.” And what, they ask, ever happened to trust?» —“Big Mother” by Blanding Boston (Masschusetts) May, 2006. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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