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"ref": "1996, Friends (TV series), \"The One Where No One's Ready\" [3.02], Act 2, approx. 12 minutes (of 23)",
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"ref": "2008, Jennifer Weiner, The Guy Not Taken",
"text": "A little girl in pink exited one of the stalls with her mother behind her. “I wear big girl underpants now!” she proclaimed. She looked up at my sister. “Do you wear big girl underpants?” Nicki stared down at her. “No, I generally go commando.”",
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"ref": "2012, Jessica Sims, Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter",
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"sense": "go without underwear",
"word": "真空"
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"ref": "2013 September 16, Michael Gregg, “Is Anything Safe Online?”, in Huffington Post",
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"ref": "2015 August 24, Firas Kittaneh, “10 Ways to Kill the Distractions and Supercharge Your Productivity”, in Entrepreneur",
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"text": "Ross: … why do you have to wear underwear tonight?\nJoey: It's a rented tux, 'kay? I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues."
},
{
"ref": "2008, Jennifer Weiner, The Guy Not Taken",
"text": "A little girl in pink exited one of the stalls with her mother behind her. “I wear big girl underpants now!” she proclaimed. She looked up at my sister. “Do you wear big girl underpants?” Nicki stared down at her. “No, I generally go commando.”",
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},
{
"ref": "2013 September 16, Michael Gregg, “Is Anything Safe Online?”, in Huffington Post",
"text": "Does this mean you shouldn’t bother setting a password on your network? Absolutely not — WPA/WPA2 are still much better options than WEP or going commando, but it's important to realize that these “protected” setups aren't bulletproof.",
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{
"ref": "2016 May 22, Chris Matyszczyk, “Why I'll never buy an iPhone case”, in CNET-",
"text": "It may even be a minority of one. I carry my phone around just the way the deities made it. It happens to be an iPhone, but I'd feel just the same about a Samsung Galaxy -- especially the Edge series, which strikes me as quite beautiful. Is there no way you can let your phone go commando?",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015 August 24, Firas Kittaneh, “10 Ways to Kill the Distractions and Supercharge Your Productivity”, in Entrepreneur",
"text": "Coding Horror author Jeff Atwood believes, “One of the quickest ways to increase your productivity on the computer is to go commando: stop using the mouse.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 March 9, Dian Schaffhauser, “How to Go Textbook Free”, in Campus Technology",
"text": "The University of Maryland University College is the largest institution in the country to go \"commando\" on textbooks.",
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}
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"roman": "zhēnkōng",
"sense": "go without underwear",
"word": "真空"
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"word": "ノーパン"
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"sense": "go without underwear",
"word": "gå kommando"
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"sense": "go without underwear",
"word": "köra kommando"
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"sense": "go without underwear",
"word": "gå kommando"
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