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"parent#English"
],
[
"shoulder",
"shoulder#English"
]
],
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"(Internet, text messaging) Initialism of parent over shoulder (i.e. observing the young user's conversation)."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-au-POS.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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}
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