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"ref": "2007, Lisa Nakamura, Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet",
"text": "The buddyicon.info Web site offers thousands of AIM buddy icons (28838 by my most recent count), as well as \"away\" icons and \"blinkies\" […]",
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"ref": "2007, Joelle Reeder, Katherine Scoleri, The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie",
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"ref": "2013, Kasey Knight Trenum, Couponing for the Rest of Us",
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"(retail, colloquial) A coupon dispenser with blinking lights to draw the attention of shoppers."
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