See laugh all the way to the bank on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1994, Taki, Nothing to Declare: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 212:",
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"ref": "2009 September 16, “Twitter's Popularity: Users Love Stupid Content”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2015-04-13:",
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