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Combined Graph record U-00726 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0325. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A & C Black, 2005), re-hosted excerpt fetched in full: 'skeezer, skeeze n American a. a promiscuous and/or disreputable person. The term is almost invariably pejorative. b. a groupie or ardent fan of hip hop or rap performers. The words appeared in the 1980s.' Related: 'skeeze vb American to have sex. The word has been common in black speech since the late 1980s.'
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Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A & C Black, 2005), re-hosted excerpt fetched in full: 'skeezer, skeeze n American a. a promiscuous and/or disreputable person. The term is almost invariably pejorative. b. a groupie or ardent fan of hip hop or rap performers. The words appeared in the 1980s.' Related: 'skeeze vb American to have sex. The word has been common in black speech since the late 1980s.'
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Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 3rd ed. (A & C Black, 2005), re-hosted excerpt fetched in full: 'skeezer, skeeze n American a. a promiscuous and/or disreputable person. The term is almost invariably pejorative. b. a groupie or ardent fan of hip hop or rap performers. The words appeared in the 1980s.' Related: 'skeeze vb American to have sex. The word has been common in black speech since the late 1980s.'
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