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I will admit, it’s a bit awkward to hear one of the country’s greatest living lyricists sing about being dickmatized. The woman who gave us the line: “ Time, mystical time, cutting me open then healing me fine ,” relying on such internet-y language feels ill-fitting—like hearing a toddler swear or seeing Leonardo DiCaprio appear on a podcast. But as much as Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl marks her return to Max Martin’s decidedly capital-F fun production style, it’s also one of her most jargon-filled projects to date. Here’s a rundown of some of the main internet references that caught my attention:

The aforementioned reference to the term “dickmatized,” on “Wood:” “He ah-matized me and openеd my eyes” (I must note here that this song brings me imm

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