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The term Wag, previously an innocent acronym of "wives and girlfriends", became a totem of a shallow, consumerist and celebrity-obsessed culture.
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And then there's the status: traditionally, the wives and girlfriends of players have been fairly anonymous, but in 2006, when the partners of the England team descended on Baden-Baden for the World Cup, the term Wag was embraced by the media with zeal; coverage of their every move was extensive, and suddenly these women were stars.
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Kira Cochrane 2010
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And then there's the status: traditionally, the wives and girlfriends of players have been fairly anonymous, but in 2006, when the partners of the England team descended on Baden-Baden for the World Cup, the term Wag was embraced by the media with zeal; coverage of their every move was extensive, and suddenly these women were stars.
Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Kira Cochrane 2010
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And then there's the status: traditionally, the wives and girlfriends of players have been fairly anonymous, but in 2006, when the partners of the England team descended on Baden-Baden for the World Cup, the term Wag was embraced by the media with zeal; coverage of their every move was extensive, and suddenly these women were stars.
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk Kira Cochrane 2010
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Long before the term Wag had been coined, the astronauts 'wives were subjected to relentless media scrutiny.
WalesOnline - Home 2009
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Hoffman's producer character in Wag the Dog made an adaptation of Moby Dick from the POV of the whale.
Cracktastic: Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov Directing Moby Dick | /Film 2008
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The best known of his novels is probably 1993’s American Hero, later republished under the name Wag the Dog, after the hit film version was released in 1997.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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A company called Wag TV is currently completing a 90-minute documentary for Channel 4 called The Great Global Warming Swindle.
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De Jager was the SABC's security chief at the time, but also farmed part-time and owned a farm called Wag-'n-Bietjie near Ermelo.
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The American clockmakers of the Eighteenth Century made many of those jolly little wall clocks called Wag-on-the-Wall.
The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe
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