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code word
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For your family Establish a code word with your grandchildren now, before summer starts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026 -
When the MPKs didn’t know the Marines’ secret code word, the Marines slaughtered them and then shrugged and walked away from all their dead bodies to stay on mission (as in, kill more Marsies).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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“Genteelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genteelism. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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