Code-X (12)
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June 9, 2014
Call this premium-ness code: Don’t Hate the Player.
Definition: Teasing, flirting, poking fun at conspicuous consumption… while engaging in it.
Notes on this code: Old school wealth meets bling. References tradition not worshipfully but playfully: “Every girl needs a few loyal subjects.”
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