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Word Nerd: How The Violent Femmes Turned An Adjective Into A Noun

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Monte

Live from The Shea Theater Pop-Up Stage at Solid Sound, Emily Brewster-Resident Wordster-from Merriam-Webster on rhyming slang and how The Violent Femmes turned an adjective into a noun.

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