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There was a great deal of blather and blubbering from those whom H.L. Mencken called Boobus americanus.
James Peron: Republican Bungling Confirmed: Gay Bullies Exonerated James Peron 2011
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There was a great deal of blather and blubbering from those whom H.L. Mencken called Boobus americanus.
James Peron: Republican Bungling Confirmed: Gay Bullies Exonerated James Peron 2011
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Many decades ago, H.L. Mencken coined the term "Boobus Americanus" to describe the average citizen.
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The author, “Boobus Anonymous,” starts by explaining her fantasy to become the discoverer of a delicious new fruit.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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The author, “Boobus Anonymous,” starts by explaining her fantasy to become the discoverer of a delicious new fruit.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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But the American voter, AKA Doofus Americanus and/or Boobus Americanus, actually believes he/she gets news by watching TV, reading the newspapers and listening to the radio.
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The author, “Boobus Anonymous,” starts by explaining her fantasy to become the discoverer of a delicious new fruit.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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But Boobus Americanus will be led like a dog on a leash with no brain and follow the path to fake war # 2 for Mr.
Former Italian President Gives Back Honorary Columbia Degree 2007
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Mencken had written a deadly, unforgiving eulogy of Bryan, and he might very well have been sorry he hadn't been in at the kill, but I couldn't imagine Ariaura knowing that, even if she had taken the trouble to look up "Boobus Americanus" and "unmitigated bilge," and research Mencken's gravelly voice and explosive delivery.
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Thus the _Boobus americanus_ is lead and watched over by zealous men, all of them highly skilled at training him in the way that he should think and act.
The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind George Jean Nathan 1920
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