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Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:00 AM

I Like to Watch

The lusty ladies of "The L Word" take an early lead in our first On-the-Nose Dialogue Contest. Plus: Who's more dangerous, Jack Bauer or Jack Osbourne?
By Heather Havrilesky

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  • Monday, January 15, 2007 08:31 AM

    Okay, Biff, the idiom means

    Exact, on-target. E.g. "on-the-nose criticism". In this case, I think it means dialogue that encapsulates what's wrong with the show in question.

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