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  • October 8th, 2008 7: 33am yolo: "BHO's ancestors sold the black man to the Americas and Europe and all of the Arab nations."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • i have disagreed with her in several local races here in yolo county, but in sacramento she has done very, very well. it's a matter of context.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • YOLO is an acronym for “You Only Live Once,” the modern carpe diem and mostly ironic millennial catchphrase meant to express the unbridled living of life to its fullest in the present, believing the current moment to be vital and unique10, with scant regard to the future.

    On YOLOsec and FOMOsec Kelly Shortridge 2020

  • If this movement has a rallying cry, it’s “YOLO” — “you only live once,” an acronym popularized by the rapper Drake a decade ago and deployed by cheerful risk-takers ever since.

    Welcome to the YOLO Economy By 2022

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  • see YOLO

    January 11, 2013