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reduplication
A
linguistic
term for repeating a word twice. Generally emphasizes the duplicated word, but American slang uses it to indicate that the word is being used in its
truest
or most
specialized
sense.
"
Your cousin
kissed
you? You mean, like a _kiss_ kiss?"
"Was it a _date_ date or just
a date
?"
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June 16, 2004
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