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Punk Is Just Another Word for Nothin' Left To Lose

Mary Harron, The Village Voice, 28 March 1977

The worst insult in the English punks' vocabulary is "poser". These are working-class kids who resent it when the middle classes ape their style.

Total word count of piece: 3431

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