Dogs have name tags on their rear ends.
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, conflict, conflicts, divorce, divorces, ex, exes, divorcee, divorcees, second marriage, second marriages, previous, former, fashion, jacket, jackets, suit, suits, menswear, clothes, clothing, men's fashion, style, men's clothing, men's clothes, sports jacket, sports jackets, suit jacket, suit jackets, flashy, gaudy, hate, dislike, personal style, personal appearance, introduction, introductions, first meeting, first meetings, first impression, first impressions, party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties"This is Lawrence - he does something with right-wing smearing."
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smear, smears, smearing, right wing, right winger, right wingers, introduction, introductions, introduce, introduces, smear job, smear jobs, fake news, fake news provider, fake news providers, smear merchant, smear merchants, opposition research, negative ad, negative ads, campaign advisor, campaign advisors, campaign adviser, campaign advisers, election, election year, election years, election season, election seasons"This is my friend Ted, and this is Ted's lower-priced knockoff."
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look-alike, look-alikes, look alike, lookalikes, look alikes, lookalike, knockoff, knockoffs, cocktail party, cocktail parties, designer label, designer labels, consumerism, capitalism, capitalist, capitalist, bargain bucket, bargain buckets, twin, twins, introduce, introducing, introduction, introductions, low price, low price, shopper, shoppers, shopping, reproduction, reproductions, fake, fakes, replica, replicas, imitation, imitations, jump on the bandwagon, jumping on the bandwagon, trend, trends, following trends, fashions, modern life"I always forget - is it Kirsten or Kristin?"
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couple, couples, caveman, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, name, names, forget, forgets, forgetting, faux pas, similar, similarity, confuse, confusing, confuses, confusion, memory, bad memory, forgettable, small talk, introduction, introductions, introduce, introducing, mutual friend, mutual friends, friendship, friendships"You can call me Andy. What can I call you?"
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creature, creatures, monster, monsters, name, names, introducing, introductions, animal, animals, meeting, meetings, first meeting, first meetings, friendly"And this is Tod Stillman – the black hole of fun."
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introductions, introduction, introducing, party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, black hole, black holes, fun sucker, fun suckers, fun, no fun, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, leisure, man, men, boring"That's the couple rushing in to fill the void left by the Renfrew's divorce."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, introductions, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, couple, couples, conflict, conflicts, divorce, divorces, split, splits, separation, separations, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, friend, friends, friendship, friendship group, circle of friends, social circle, social circles, friend group, friend groups, social set, social status, void, voids, hole, holes, gossip, gossiping"Jeremy reads children's books."
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kid, kids, child, children, son, sons, toddler, toddlers, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, family, families, reading, reader, readers, book, books, children's books, kid's books, introducing, introductions, showing off, bragging, proud parent, proud parents, intelligence, literature, literate, literacy"Of course you know Congressman Beasley."
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clown, clowns, politician, politicians, politic, politics, congress, congressman, congressmen, congressional, house of representative, senate, senator, washington dc, washington, d.c., incompetent, make fun, introduction, introductions, poor, rubbish, laughing stock, laughing-stock, clowning, clowning around, inappropriate, joker, jester, unpopular, standards, poor standard, unserious, light hearted"And this is my significant mother."
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mother, mothers, mother in law, mother in law, mother-in-law, mothers-in -law, mum, mums, mom, moms, significant other, significant others, couple couples, husband and wife, husbands and wives, marriages, long term relationship, long term relationship, long-term relationships, boyfriend, boyfriends, introduction, introductions"These are the Fortneys. The Fortneys are young worrieds."
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worry, worried, worries, worrier, worriers, young person, young couple, young couples, stressful job, stressful jobs, generation gap, generation gaps, stressed out, introduction, introductions, cocktail party, cocktail parties, stress, anxiety, anxiety complex, anxiety complexes, anxiety disorder, anxiety disorders, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness"I'm an elephant podiatrist-what do you do?"
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podiatrist, podiatrists, podiatry, foot doctor, foot doctors, foot, feet, elephant, elephants, stomp, stomps, stomping, flatten, flattens, flattening, flattened, introduction, introductions, introduce, introduces, introducing, job, jobs, vet, vets, veterinarian, veterinarians, cocktail party, cocktail parties, strange job, strange jobs, unusual job, unusual jobs"So, is there a Mrs. Peanut?"
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bar, bars, pub, pubs, patron, patrons, customer, customers, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, relationship, relationships, dating, date, dates, pick-up line, pickup line, pickup lines, pick up line, pick up lines, marriage, marriages, married, infidelity, introduction, introductions, interested, single, singles, bachelor, bachelors, bachelorette, bachelorettes"This is my wife - the founder and executive director of our marriage."
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introduction, introductions, wife, wives, founder, founders, exec, execs, executive, executives, businesswomen, businesswoman, corporate culture, husband, husbands, proud husband, proud husbands, executive director, executive directors, married life, wearing the trousers, wearing the pants, cocktail party, cocktail parties"Please to meet you, though I'm sorry about the circumstances."
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disease, diseases, infection, infections, illness, infectious disease, infectious diseases, get well soon, contamination, patient, patients, introduction, introductions, first meeting, first meetings, patient zero, isolation room, isolation rooms, deadly disease, deadly diseases, doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals"The editor who turned down the first Harry Potter book, say hello to the publisher who took a pass on Stephen King."
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publisher, publishers, publishing, literary gathering, literary gatherings, literary editor, literary editors, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing houses, intro, intros, introduction, introductions, small talk, party, parties, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, lost opportunity, lost opportunities"You remember Champ. . ."
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host, hosts, get together, gathering, friend, friends, introduction, introductions, horse, horses, animal, animals, guest, guests, entertain, entertainment, entertaining, champ, champion, champions, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners"This is Miss Jones, Doctor - I want you to cheer her up. She's been through hell recently."
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cheer, cheers, cheering, cheer up, cheering up, hell, hellish, doctor, doctors, cocktail party, cocktail parties, bad mood, bad moods, moody, moodiness, hard time, hard times, difficult time, difficult times, introduction, introductions, psychologist, psychologists, psychology, ominous, butt in, butts in, butting in"Charles is a journalist, but, of course, not one of those bottom feeders."
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journalist, journalists, journalism, bottom feeder, bottom feeders, tabloid, tabloids, tabloid journalist, tabloids journalists, compliment, compliments, backhanded, underhanded, insult, insults, insulting, introduction, introductions, introduce, introducing, reporter, reporters, reporting, muckraker, muckrakers, muckraking"I'd like you to meet my pillows."
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furniture, pillow, pillows, sofas, sofa, couch, couches, cushion, cushions, family, families, interior design, decor, decoration, interior decor, overdoing, overdone, overdoing it, loneliness, lonely, empty nest, empty house, replacement, dating, dates, date trouble, love life, impress, impressive, unimpressive, introductions, introduce, introducing, awkward, awkward moment, awkward silence, bachelor, bachelor pad, middle class, new middle class"You may have heard me on 'Fresh Air with Terry Gross.' I'm Terry Gross."
"Howard is my second husband once removed."
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