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- adjective
superlative form oftan : mosttan .
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Examples
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"tannest" [insert offensive ethnic epithet here], and Italian Americans have every reason to be offended by MTV's liberal employment of the offensive terms.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Simon Maxwell Apter 2009
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MTV is promising a whole summer-share house full of the “hottest, tannest, craziest guidos.”
MTV's 'Jersey Shore' -- let the fist pumping commence | EW.com 2009
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Male celebrities have been looking tanner than ever at events over the past months, and below are some of the tannest.
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Male celebrities have been looking tanner than ever at events over the past months, and below are some of the tannest.
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I would sit there and wonder (now, please don't laugh) if I would be the tannest or blondest kid in school on the first day.
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I would sit there and wonder (now, please don't laugh) if I would be the tannest or blondest kid in school on the first day.
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In November, MTV billed Jersey Shore as a sixty-minute spectacle featuring the "hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" who "keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their fists pumping all summer long."
Simon Maxwell Apter: Jersey Shore: The Apotheosis of Reality 2009
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Now, it's a no-brainer that a network shouldn't promote a show focused on the "hottest" or "tannest" [insert offensive ethnic epithet here], and Italian Americans have every reason to be offended by MTV's liberal employment of the offensive terms.
Simon Maxwell Apter: Jersey Shore: The Apotheosis of Reality 2009
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UNICO National bosses are incensed, insisting Jersey Shore and its portrayal of the“hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos” on the East Coast is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs.
Italian-American Groups Continue To Object To “Jersey Shore” 2009
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MTV knew it was courting controversy with its new reality show Jersey Shore, which stars eight of the "hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" who live and ...
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