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hiss  ·  4344 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What words would you bring BACK for 2013?

I'm working on a joke (I know...) about bringing back the phrase "fooling around with" as a way of saying you're interacting with an object, for the purpose of either hobby, vocation, or addiction. In my case, this began with the idea that I'd briefly quit smoking only to begin "fooling around with" cigarettes again after about a week or so of abstention. It's just kind of a leering 70's style phrase that casts a shadow over whatever word it's attached to.