pimp
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My brother and I just bought my car, and we’re like, “How can we pimp it out? We’re gonna get this wrap, we’re gonna get an underglow for it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
The Plummer brothers - Tremaine, Tristan and Twaine - opted for a mix of cravats and dicky bows to pimp up their navy blue suits.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
A former officer who matched her description of Smith’s partner had died years earlier, as did her pimp.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
“Do you think he ever told Rickey not to pimp those home runs, or tell Eck to not fist-pump?”
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
They have some useful pimp, some favourite toad-eater, that is always at their elbow.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
But the idea of curtailing even a weak tool to hold johns and pimps accountable is infuriating to critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Listening to musicians, lovers, pimps, childhood friends and FBI agents recounting their time with Holiday is an evocative and transportive experience.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2020
“Anyone who pimps himself out to the M.E.K. fails the litmus test for integrity,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Backpage has stated that it monitors and removes thousands of ads and helps law enforcement track down pimps and rescue trafficked children.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2017
Tom became increasingly adept at dealing with what he called “rascality”: cow rustlers, horse thieves, scalawags, pimps, rumrunners, stagecoach robbers, desperadoes, and other human transgressors.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
It could have been a scene from earlier wars, except it was pimped by technology.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
“That was probably the first time I’ve ever flipped a bat or pimped a home run,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Other looks in the collection included shearling-style jackets and oversized trousers with a chevron pattern, while some styles were pimped up with sequins, including a pair of baggy jeans.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2021
Williams, another avid tailgater who hosts his own group, purchased a bus he calls “the Diesel” — pimped out with TVs inside to watch other NFL games and places to sit.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
Terrell gets dropped off by his brother Mike, who’s driving a pimped BMW with chromed-out rims and tinted windows.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
This is a show that ridicules the genre’s feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
“I wasn’t pimping my home run,” Donaldson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
"I don't mind people pimping strikeouts and pimping stuff on the field. I've never been a player like that, but I don't mind it; I love it," Smith said, via ESPN.
From Fox News ● May 1, 2021
It needs to be part of a broader cultural transformation in policing that goes beyond "pimping the programme for publicity", he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2020
“We have a really pimping house,” he informs me.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
