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whiplash n. a common neck and/or back injury suffered in automobile accidents (particularly from being hit from the rear) in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently by the impact. The injury is to the "soft tissues" and sometimes to the vertebrae, does not always evidence itself for a day or two, and can cause pain and disability for periods up to a year. The degree of injury and the pain and suffering from whiplash are often in dispute in claims and lawsuits for damages due to negligent driving. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A whiplashing contrast to these restaurants and cafes was found one morning deep in the bowels of the Sahara, at the northern, not-so-chic extremity of the Strip. Marshall's Contenders (1990) posited athletic competition as a metaphor for life and love, while Paul Taylor's Last Look (1985) cast a jaundiced eye on a self-hating society whose whiplashing frenzy depicted it at the point of self-destruction. This vocal whiplashing has been described as androgynous, but it's really the femaleness of Bozulich's voice (more than its faux-Southernness) that lends both weight and displacement to the history it evokes; it's how Poly Styrene would sound if she were playing Patricia Neal's Alma Brown character in Hud. |
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