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bucolic_frolic

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1. Iconic is a memorable emotive cultural spot in mass culture's mind.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2026, 04:04 PM

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How do you like that? I made it up without a dictionary or search or AI.

And by the way, CTyankee is iconic, perhaps because of the American Revolution, or because of a famous book, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

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Can we please stop -- just for a little while -- using the word "iconic"? [View all] CTyankee Saturday OP

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