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matchbook college

matchbook college
 n.— «Modern American politics are dominated by cheesy, simplistic sound bites. Political consultants and some politicians must believe all voters are graduates of Matchbook University’s course on Simple Minds and Short-Attention Spans.» —“Enunciations of S.F.‘s Most Abstruse Solon” by Greg Lucas in Sacramento San Francisco Chronicle (California) Apr. 6, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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