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Up in the Papers
September 26, 2014 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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Young women used to be warned that a lady's name should appear in the newspaper only three times: at her birth, upon her marriage, and at her death. In much the same way, the admonition "Don't get your name all up in the papers" means "Don't do something brash"--an allusion to all the negative reasons one might find their name in the news. This is part of a complete episode.
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