See rotten to the core on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1978, Van Halen, \"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love\", Van Halen, reported in The Little Black Book of Metal Hits (2006), p. 6",
"text": "Ain't talkin' 'bout love / My love is rotten to the core / Ain't talkin' 'bout love / Just like I told you before."
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