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CTL-W-0275 · Work · 1980s

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Combined Graph record U-00676 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0275. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'pump up (v.) 2. (US black/campus) to make livelier, to fill with energy.' — Green's lemmatizes the phrasal verb as 'pump up'; stored phrase 'pump it up' is the same lexical item with object pronoun (imperative catchphrase form). Matches stored 'get excited, get loud'.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'pump up (v.) 2. (US black/campus) to make livelier, to fill with energy.' — Green's lemmatizes the phrasal verb as 'pump up'; stored phrase 'pump it up' is the same lexical item with object pronoun (imperative catchphrase form). Matches stored 'get excited, get loud'.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'pump up (v.) 2. (US black/campus) to make livelier, to fill with energy.' — Green's lemmatizes the phrasal verb as 'pump up'; stored phrase 'pump it up' is the same lexical item with object pronoun (imperative catchphrase form). Matches stored 'get excited, get loud'.

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