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And more than a few of my closest, meanest friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

So, whenever my phone lights up, I can trust that I’m about to read the meanest, funniest joke imaginable about, like, Marco Rubio.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

“You could be the meanest person on the planet, but if you’re funny, I don’t care. This is my failing as a human being.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

“Like here”—Gilly now felt forced to justify an opinion which she didn’t in the least hold—“like here at the end, ‘the meanest flower that blows.’

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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