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Skidding
CHAPTER:
Montage of Attractions
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CONCEPT:
Opia
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Connection-Relation
Fact-Fiction
Skidding
v.
the practice of making offhand comments that sound sarcastic but are actually sincere and deeply felt.
From
skidding
, going farther than intended out of inertia +
kidding
, joking around.
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