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The singer, whose triumphant evening afforded her a chance to display an array of outlandish outfits, also took home a "moonman", as the awards are called, for best collaboration for her record-breaking duet Telephone, featuring Beyoncé.
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I feel bad for taylor on her first moonman but she dealt with the whole situation very classy.
Taylor Swift MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Performance (“You Belong With Me”) 2009
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We get disappointed when we feel like the wrong people get rewarded, just as Kanye felt when his pal didn't receive the moonman.
Debbie Robins: How Not To Be A Horse's A#$%!: 3 Tips For When You Blow A Public Fuse 2009
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Maybe Obama's SF speech got translated into moonman language before you read it, because I just don't see anything derogatory in what he said about the people and the situation he's describing.
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I remember Zoon zoon/cuddle and croon/over the twinkling sea/a moonman fashions a silver net, [something] of moonbeams three.
Singing Our Song Roger Sutton 2006
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Proving that a lot can change in a year, Britney Spears swept the 25th Annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, winning her first ever “moonman” for “Best Female Video” for “Piece of Me.”
MTV Britney Spears Video Music Awards 2008 Opening Act Confirmed 2008
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Britney Spears is nominated for threeVMA moonman trophies, including Video of the Year for single “Piece of Me.”
Britney Spears MTV Video Music Awards 2008 Backstage Demands 2008
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Pink, a moonman winner for Best Pop Video, assured a pool of reporters that the stunts were still going on--just backstage wait, weren't MTV's cameras supposed to capture that?
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We don't come for the awards--frankly, who cares who scored a moonman--we come for the shock value.
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Perry, who had the most nominations coming into the show with 10, came away with three moonman trophies, including video of the year for the inspirational clip "Firework."
The Seattle Times 2011
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colloquial name for the statuette given in bestowing of an MTV Video Music Award. Can be seen in the flickr stream below
August 26, 2013