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Pretty soon, we'll expect that the only place left will be the one "hotel" that doesn't offer room service, but they'll make up for it by including complimentary syphillis.
Kristin Wilson Keppler: Stuff That Happens in the World When We're Watching Nickelodeon Kristin Wilson Keppler 2011
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Pretty soon, we'll expect that the only place left will be the one "hotel" that doesn't offer room service, but they'll make up for it by including complimentary syphillis.
Kristin Wilson Keppler: Stuff That Happens in the World When We're Watching Nickelodeon Kristin Wilson Keppler 2011
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All sorts of nineteenth and early-twentieth century literature speaks of a close tie between Jews and the transmission of syphillis.
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Syfy is the plural of a nasty curse word that is derived from syphillis (and can also refer to that disease as well).
Good Idea or Bad Idea? SciFi Changes Name to SyFy Channel 2009
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Readers who would have been irritated by a long description of early treatments for syphillis will come of their own free will to your weblog to read about such things, and (another bonus) discuss it.
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“All sorts of nineteenth and early-twentieth century literature speaks of a close tie between Jews and the transmission of syphillis.”
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I dont care how she “spoke” to him, if he wanted out, he needed to grow a pair, get a divorce and then start ducking everything that could stomach his retarded face … not wait till Kate was out of town and go out and contract syphillis
Kate Gosselin on 'Today': 'My actions are appropriate' | EW.com 2009
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While she was growing up I'm sure she saw her friends and family sprayed with hoses, dogs attacked, heard about the CIA bringing drugs to the inner city communities, giving black men syphillis, this all while getting a higher education.
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The only thing I mayhave doubt about is the aids virus, but who would have thought our government would have done the syphillis study.
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This led to high syphillis rates, which meant that officers and their wives were frequently infertile.
Boing Boing 2008
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