CULTURETECHLENScheck yourself
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Mondaq / GALA legal article (23 June 2021, fetched in full): in 1992 Ice Cube released the single 'Check Yo Self' featuring the line 'check yo self before you wreck yo self'; per his complaint the phrase became his 'signature catchphrase'; Robinhood's paraphrase was 'Correct yourself before you wreck yourself.' Supports stored gloss 'correct your behavior' and era '1990s'.
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Mondaq / GALA legal article (23 June 2021, fetched in full): in 1992 Ice Cube released the single 'Check Yo Self' featuring the line 'check yo self before you wreck yo self'; per his complaint the phrase became his 'signature catchphrase'; Robinhood's paraphrase was 'Correct yourself before you wreck yourself.' Supports stored gloss 'correct your behavior' and era '1990s'.
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Mondaq / GALA legal article (23 June 2021, fetched in full): in 1992 Ice Cube released the single 'Check Yo Self' featuring the line 'check yo self before you wreck yo self'; per his complaint the phrase became his 'signature catchphrase'; Robinhood's paraphrase was 'Correct yourself before you wreck yourself.' Supports stored gloss 'correct your behavior' and era '1990s'.
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