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Both the novel and the movie became part of an enduring pop culture lexicon in which any raving dog can be referred to a Cujo.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The Kiki Platform Mary Jane Few shoes have stomped their way into the fashion lexicon quite as rapidly as Marc Jacobs’s Kiki platforms.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
All of these things are in the fashion lexicon because Audrey wore them first, Banks said.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
In the 2010s, the body positivity movement was a mainstay in the cultural lexicon, with influencers, brands and creators having and facilitating conversations about a and acceptance of different body types.
—Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The Kiki Platform Mary Jane Few shoes have stomped their way into the fashion lexicon quite as rapidly as Marc Jacobs’s Kiki platforms.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
All of these things are in the fashion lexicon because Audrey wore them first, Banks said.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
In the 2010s, the body positivity movement was a mainstay in the cultural lexicon, with influencers, brands and creators having and facilitating conversations about a and acceptance of different body types.
—Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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