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  2. The Pretender (Jackson Browne song) - Wikipedia

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    "The life of an idiot, perhaps. But certainly not a happy one," writes Carlin. [10]Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it as Browne's 4th greatest song, calling it "a nearly six-minute breakdown of one man's occasionally harsh, and almost always dishonest, survival instincts" as "'60s idealism had finally given way to mid-'70s cynicism."

  3. The Pretender (Foo Fighters song) - Wikipedia

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    "The Pretender" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was the first single from the group's 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.It is one of Foo Fighters' most successful songs; peaking at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (making it their third top-40 single), only "Learn to Fly" and "Best of You" beat its position on the Billboard Hot 100.

  4. Pretender (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pretender (C. J. Cherryh novel), a 2006 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe; The Pretender: A Story of the Latin Quarter, a 1914 novel by Robert W. Service; The Pretender (German: Der falsche Nero), a 1936 novel by Lion Feuchtwanger; The Pretender, a 1991 novel by Louise Cooper; the second installment in the Chaos Gate trilogy

  5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  6. A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

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    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words is a dictionary of slang originally compiled by publisher and lexicographer John Camden Hotten in 1859.. The first edition was published in 1859, with the full title and subtitle: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words: used at the present day in the streets of London, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the houses of ...

  7. Disability pretender - Wikipedia

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    A disability pretender is a subculture term meaning a person who behaves as if they were disabled. It may be classified as a type of factitious disorder or as a medical fetishism .

  8. Talk:The Pretender (Foo Fighters song) - Wikipedia

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    The only problems is that's not the lyric. The lyric is "What if I say I'm not like the others/What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays/you're the pretender". So that kinda shoots down that theory Doc Strange 15:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC) He didn't say they had the same lyrics, he said that is was based on it.

  9. Roger's Profanisaurus - Wikipedia

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    Roger's Profanisaurus is a humorous book (and for a short period commencing 2011; mobile app), published in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing which is written in the style of a lexicon of profane words and expressions.