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hiss-and-boo word
 n.— «Reid said Riley’s appointment means public education will no longer be a “hiss-and-boo word.”» —“Energy nominee wants nuke dump” by Tony Batt Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada) Dec. 22, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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