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pap

pap  v.— «Pap Snaps Embarrass The Rich And Famous.…Paparazzi—the Italian name comes from the sound of popping flashbulbs—need incredible persistence and the hide of a rhinoceros. Irate subjects snapped in compromising situations...

family photo

family photo  n.— «British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spoke of the high cost of maintaining British manor houses. President Reagan recalled his cavalry service. Italian Premier Bettino Craxi almost missed the “family...

family photo

family photo  n.— «In the evening, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will give dinner in honor of the summiteers. The final meeting of the summit will open on Sunday. After an hour-long discussion and approval of the final...

hauterfly

hauterfly  n.— «The David Xperience began the year militantly loyal to an Italian stallion-ess, yet exits December back on the prowl, shakin’-bakin’-and baby makin’ through a swelling sea of fuktastically fabulous hauterflies. I’m lucky...

bird of passage

bird of passage  n.— «A convenient way was found to reconcile the contradiction, said Camille Guérin-Gonzales, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and the author of “Mexican Workers and American Dreams.” No...

blackeye

blackeye  n.— «I’m not sure what it’s called in the true Italian coffee parlance, but I know it as a blackeye. It’s a large coffee with two shots of espresso.» —“It feels like somebody put something, somebody put something in my...