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twisting
 n.— «Chee, who prefers his mouth rather than a helium tank to blow up balloons the past 14 years, said he never saw “twisting,” as the medium is called, as his livelihood.» —“Scottsdale artist blows away audiences with balloons” by John Leptich East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Arizona) Jan. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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