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"ref": "1991 February 4, “Butch In The Streets.... (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 13:",
"text": "Sexy dyke seeks seasoned top to spice up my play life. Interested? Think you have what it takes to tame a novice SAM? Write me at GCN Box 545",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of smartass masochist; a brat."
],
"links": [
[
"BDSM",
"BDSM"
],
[
"smartass",
"smartass#English"
],
[
"masochist",
"masochist#English"
],
[
"brat",
"brat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(BDSM) Initialism of smartass masochist; a brat."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"topics": [
"BDSM",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "surface-to-air missile",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "FlaRak (Flugabwehrrakete)"
}
],
"word": "SAM"
}
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