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adv.— «She told me shyly that she dreamed of becoming a lawyer. “It would be hecka fresh,” she said at the time, “because you get to defend people who are really innocent and help them.”» —by Peggy Orenstein Schoolgirls Sept. 5, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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