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Aksyonov has great fun inventing a culturally pureed lexicon for his might-have-been cosmopolitan Russians.

Let me say, flat out, that Harold Conrad was the single most happening, been-everywhere/done-everything cat I ever met.

Many men (and women) evaluated Sarah Palin, the could-have-been GOP vice president from Alaska, based on her appearance.

As for the event itself, well, the has-been is Sarah Palin, and the obnoxious man is Donald Trump.

Most thought-provoking for me, however, in this should-have-been story is the moral at the end.

I'd a-been gone long before now if I hadn't had to go over town arter some things I need.

No poorest man on earth would change places with this man-that-might-have-been, for his time draws nigh and his end is perdition.

His dreams were ended, the "might-have-been" would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last.

A formidable rival to this magnificent fall of water has-been discovered by that indefatigable traveller, Dr. Livingston.

Paht ob dey eddications must a-been neglected ef dey gotter be tied up ter keep 'em whar yo' wants 'em fer ter stay at.