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"etymology_text": "lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.",
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"word": "lampshade hat"
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"word": "radiation lampshade"
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"A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "lampskerm"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔabāžūr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"masculine"
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"word": "أَبَاجُور"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕākis an-nūr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"word": "عَاكِس النُّور"
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"word": "عَاكِس الضُّوء"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lusampʻopʻ",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "լուսամփոփ"
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"code": "hy",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "աբաժուր"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajur"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "abažúr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"word": "абажу́р"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "abažúr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "абажу́р"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ca.laung:",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "စလောင်း"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "pantalla"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "燈罩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dēngzhào",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "灯罩"
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{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajur"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"word": "stínítko"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"word": "stínidlo"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"word": "lampeskærm"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"word": "lampenkap"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "lumŝirmilo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"word": "abaĵuro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "lambivari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "lampunvarjostin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "abat-jour"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "abažuri",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "აბაჟური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Lampenschirm"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ampazoúr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "αμπαζούρ"
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{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajou"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אהיל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dīpchatra",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "दीपछत्र"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "lámpaernyő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lampaskermur"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"word": "skermur"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "kap lampu"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clúdach lampa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scáthlán lampa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralume"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ranpushēdo",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "ランプシェード"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ranpu no kasa",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "ランプのかさ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "abajur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "абажур"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "srɑmaol cɑŋkiəŋ",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "ស្រមោលចង្កៀង"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kumrɔɔp cɑŋkiəŋ",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "គំរបចង្កៀង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deunggat",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "등갓"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seutaendeugat",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "스탠드갓"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajûr"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "abajur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "абажур"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kœ̄ng",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "ເກີ້ງ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abažūrs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abažūras"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "abažur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "абажур"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "kap lampu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "tudung lampu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lampeskjerm"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lampeskjerm"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lampeskjerm"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âbâžur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "آباژور"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Laumpenschorm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abażur"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klosz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abajur"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "abazhúra (Kalderash)"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "abajur"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "abažúr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "абажу́р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "аба̀жӯр"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
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"word": "сјенило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "abàžūr"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
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"word": "sjènilo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tienidlo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "senčnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "pantalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "lampskärm"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "pantalya ng lampaba"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "abažur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "абажур"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "abajur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "абажур"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpó",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "โป๊ะ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajur"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "sayvan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "örtük"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "kalpak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "siper"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abažur"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "abažúr",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"word": "абажу́р"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "abajur"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "qalpogʻi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "chụp đèn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "tán đèn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "chao đèn"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "abazhur",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "אַבאַזשור"
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"ref": "2011 June 21, Corinne Gaston, “Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power”, in Daily Trojan",
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"ref": "2013, Heide Goody, Iain Grant, How to Write a Collaborative Novel",
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"ref": "2019 April 30, Alex Leadbeater, “Did \"Marge Be Not Proud\" Start The Simpsons' Decline In Season 7?”, in Screen Rant",
"text": "Just as the push by writers in season 4 to make Homer stupider (a trend so established it was lampshaded in \"The 138th Episode Spectacular\") created some of the best episodes before eventually birthing an unlikable buffoon unaffectionately called \"Jerkass Homer\", so too is it less the episode itself as much as what it represented.",
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"ref": "2017 September 27, Sara M Moniuszko, “Lampshading lives on with the 'no pants' trend – The leggy styles, explained”, in USA TODAY",
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"ref": "2018 August 17, Lindsey Lanquist, “We're Halfway Through 2018, and Ariana Grande Is Still Lampshading”, in Style Caster",
"text": "Kate Moss lampshaded, Bella Hadid lampshaded—hell, nearly every Kardashian took the trend for a spin.",
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"ref": "2018 December 8, Courteney Larocca, “Lampshading: Olivia Culpo & More Stars Who Nailed Ariana Grande's Hoodie & Thigh-High Boots Look”, in Hollywood Life",
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"ref": "2018 December 30, “Ariana Grande's 'lampshading' a major 2018 fashion trend”, in The New Indian Express",
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"ref": "1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country",
"text": "Her hotel sitting-room had, as usual, been flowered, cushioned and lampshaded into a delusive semblance of stability; and she had really felt, for the last few weeks, that the life she was leading there must be going to last — it seemed so perfect an answer to all her wants!",
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seutaendeugat",
"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "스탠드갓"
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{
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"code": "lo",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "ເກີ້ງ"
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{
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"code": "tl",
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{
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "โป๊ะ"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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},
{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
"word": "tán đèn"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "cover over a lamp",
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"code": "yi",
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"text": "Just as the push by writers in season 4 to make Homer stupider (a trend so established it was lampshaded in \"The 138th Episode Spectacular\") created some of the best episodes before eventually birthing an unlikable buffoon unaffectionately called \"Jerkass Homer\", so too is it less the episode itself as much as what it represented.",
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"ref": "2017 September 27, Sara M Moniuszko, “Lampshading lives on with the 'no pants' trend – The leggy styles, explained”, in USA TODAY",
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"ref": "2018 August 17, Lindsey Lanquist, “We're Halfway Through 2018, and Ariana Grande Is Still Lampshading”, in Style Caster",
"text": "Kate Moss lampshaded, Bella Hadid lampshaded—hell, nearly every Kardashian took the trend for a spin.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2018 December 8, Courteney Larocca, “Lampshading: Olivia Culpo & More Stars Who Nailed Ariana Grande's Hoodie & Thigh-High Boots Look”, in Hollywood Life",
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"ref": "2018 December 30, “Ariana Grande's 'lampshading' a major 2018 fashion trend”, in The New Indian Express",
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"ref": "1975, New York - Volume 8, page 181",
"text": "Ruth Vitow (160 East 56th Street, 355-6881) has been the doyenne of lampshading for 30 years. She makes up designs in all categories, and her own custom lamps of Lucite and wood.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1993, Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gag, page 8",
"text": "Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To design or create lampshades."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"enpr": "lămp'shād",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lampshade"
],
"word": "lampshade"
}
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