See have it going on on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2003, Fountains of Wayne (band), Stacy's Mom (song)",
"text": "Stacy's mom has got it goin' on\nShe's all I want and I've waited for so long\nStacy, can't you see you're just not the girl for me\nI know it might be wrong but I'm in love with Stacy's mom"
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"ref": "2006, Carol Ann Culbert Johnson, I Confess 2, page 30",
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"ref": "2006, Carol Ann Culbert Johnson, I Confess 2, page 30",
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