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salacious

[suh-ley-shuhs] / səˈleɪ ʃəs /


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Appeared in the December 6, 2025, print edition as 'A Salacious Stew of Publicity and Revenge'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

For years, one of my sisters and I have referred to each other as Salacious Crumb.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

He was most famous for voicing creatures, including the cackling Salacious Crumb from “Return of the Jedi,” as well as the musical, cuddly mogwai and malevolent, reptilian title monsters in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Mark Dodson, who voiced strange puppet creatures in “Star Wars,” including Salacious B. Crumb, the cackling monkey-lizard pet of Jabba the Hutt, and “Gremlins” films, died on Saturday.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Q. Salacious Wedding Toasts: My fiance and I never expected to end up together, much less engaged.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2012




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