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word association football noun

Word association

Origin

From a classic Monty Python sketch delivered by John Cleese, before he went to the dark side, that uses word association recursively but still manages to make sense

Collector

M & N – 1973
Mark & Naomi

Notes

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—Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Matching tie & handkerchief album 1973)

Submitted: 11/08/2024 by Mark

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