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Not "very short". Not a "dicdef". "Doesn't seem like it can be expanded" - it sure has been expanded in both the German and the French articles. Has a good reference and many more can be found. Ok, somebody tagged itfor maintenance, but the tagger(s) didnt care to explain concerns on talk page.
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Its long enough to have its own article, it just a short dictionary definition. Article has been around since 25 June 2003. If for the final two of those years someone had a tag on it, I don't see that as a reason to delete it. Almost no one pays attention to the pointless tags people spam all
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This is not a "dicdef" (Wiki-Jargon for dictionary definition). There is a problem with calling it a literary device, since it was widely used on radio and television shows early in their development, and still is in some cases. See
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