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dunkadelic

dunkadelic
 adj.— «The Dunkadelic terminology is the most versitle adjective in all of sports. It’s the first sports term to combine the culture of sports and music into a fashionable pop culture term. It was first created in Baltimore, Maryland by Derrick E. Vaughan as a brand name for athetic apparel and basketball sneakers.» —“Basketball and Hip-Hop: Now That’s Dunkadelic” in Baltimore, Md. BlackNews.com June 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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