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drab
 adj.— «“No men at RPI? They must be women in drag then.”…”That’s ‘drab.’” drag: DRessed As a Girl. drab: DRessed As a Boy.» —“Re: Reverse Discrimination—No Education for men” by Michelle Anne Steiner Usenet: rec.org.mensa Jan. 20, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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