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"English derogatory terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro)",
"text": "The probability on one-four-reel machine is a million and a half to one. On three machines in a row, it's in the billions. It cannot happen… would not happen, you fuckin' momo!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A moron."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"moron",
"moron"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, slang, derogatory) A moron."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"derogatory",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈməʊməʊ/"
},
{
"enpr": "mō'mō"
}
],
"word": "momo"
}
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