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lore

[lawr, lohr] / lɔr, loʊr /


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If you want to hear about the dirt and the lore and the legends, all of it is here, and it’s all pretty unvarnished.

From Salon

Rather than shun the growing underground of youthful hackers, he had been attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club, where young Altair and Commodore users met to trade their tiny software programs and swap lore.

From Los Angeles Times

On the topic of rabid fans: I listened to an episode of “Wilco the Podcast” — these guys are deep in the lore.

From Los Angeles Times

As an X-file from an earlier era, when fringe theories about UFOs, crop circles or the Loch Ness monster were quarantined as tabloid fodder, the lore around the wilderness footage seems quaint by today’s standards.

From The Wall Street Journal

The story of Will Smith cracking the code to becoming one of the world’s biggest movie stars is a staple of Hollywood lore, but in case you’ve never heard of it, here’s the short version.

From Salon