shocker

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The other shocker were the expenses for Communications but since I have two internet service providers, two cell phones, land line, satellite link, and a few other goodies, the math added up right.

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  1. noun One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel.

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  • The main dilemma with this shocker is the practicality of screening this intense 4-hour movie! —  SomethingWickedSFandHorrorMagazine#4
  • Ready for the shocker, the parent called the school every week to get them involved to put an end to the harassment. story last Friday, —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
  • The other shocker were the expenses for Communications but since I have two internet service providers, two cell phones, land line, satellite link, and a few other goodies, the math added up right. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • While that little nugget of knowledge doesn't come as a shocker, the fact is that the average Cadillac Escalade EXT owner spends a whopping $5,814 to customize their wreath-and-crested blingmobile, which is twice as much as the next truck on the list, the Chevy Avalanche at $2,652. —  Autoblog
  • THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS by JOHN BUCHAN TO THOMAS ARTHUR NELSON LOTHIAN AND BORDER HORSE My Dear Tommy You and I have long cherished an affection for that elemental type of tale which Americans call the 'dime novel' and which we know as the 'shocker'--the romance where the incidents defy the probabilities, and march just inside the borders of the possible. —  The Thirty-Nine Steps
 

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