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600 Graphic Link Words For Remembering Names and Faces
600 Graphic Link Words For Remembering Names and Faces
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These are names and images to be used to remember names and faces. Focus on the person whose
first name you are trying to remember, select a feature (“the file”) on his/her face that is distinctive, then
place the image below onto the file, “seeing” it clearly in your mind’s eye. These images are drawn from
my (Lew Toulmin’s) background and interest in history, aviation and foreign travel; you may wish to
develop images of your own that link to the name of the person. Many of these images come from or
were modified from Ron White’s excellent “Black Belt Memory” course, which is recommended. The most
popular names are marked on the right with a number sign (#) and the relevant ranking.
Abby – A bee
Abigail – A bee in a gale
Adell – A Dell computer
Alice – a lice
Alexis – A Lexus sports car
Allison – Allison radial engine
Amanda – A Man – Duh! Not!
Amy – Aiming
Angie – Angie Dickenson, Policewoman
Ann – Ant
Anita – A knitter
Annette – A net
Annie – Little Orphan Annie
April – A pill that is red
Ashley – Ashes
Audrey -- Audrey Hepburn’s cigarette holder in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
Barbara – barbed wire #4
Beatrice – beat rice – this brings joy
Becky – bucky horse
Belinda – Bee that is beautiful (“linda” )
Bernadette – burn a debt (your mortgage)
Bernice or Berenice -- burning ice
Beth – bath
Betty – Betty Crocker cakemix
Beverly – Beverly hillbillies
Billie – billy can
Bobbie or Bobby – tall blue helmet of a London Bobbie
Bonnie – Bonnet
Brenda – Bren gun held by my da
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Brianna or Bryanna – Bree with ants eating it
Bridget – Bridget Bardot
Camille – camel
Candice -- candy and dice
Candy – candy, peppermint
Carla – car singing la la la
Carmen – car with men in it
Carol – Christmas carol
Carrie -- hand of Carrie coming up from grave in movie
Catherine – Catherine the Great of Russia
Cecilia or Celia – “Cecilia, you’re breaking my heart….”
Celeste – celestial constellations
Charlotte – a Charlotte mousse cake
Cher – Cher of Sonny and Cher
Cheryl – Cher is ill and vomiting
Chloe – clover, 4 leaf that is “young and green”
Chris – a Chris Craft boat
Chrissy – Chris-craft in the sea
Christina -- A “follower of Christ,” a teen, gets an A for her work
Christine – “follower of Christ,” a teen
Cicely – Cecily Tyson
Cindy – cinnamon candy
Clara – clarinet played by Clara Barton
Clarissa – clarinet is from SA
Claudia – cloud in air
Colleen – Colleen – a young woman of Scotland w/ kilt
Connie – female convict, or 3 tailed prop plane
Crystal – crystal ball
Daphne – darling girl being turned laurel tree (Greek myth)
Darlene – door that leans
Dawn – dawn of a new day
Debbie – dead bee
Deborah – dead boar
Debra – de bra (a bra)
Denise – Dionysus god of wine (origin of Dennis, St. Denis)
Diana – Princess Diana in her death car
Dixie – Confederate battle flag
Donna – Donald Duck with a sex change
Doris – Doris Day singing “Sera sera”
Dorothy – red slippers (Wizard of Oz) #10\
Dot – a big red dot of blood on her forehead
Dottie – red dots in an ‘E’ pattern
Edna – Mrs. Ed the talking horse saying NAAAAH!
Edwina – Mrs. Ed the talking horse wins a race
Eileen – eye leaning
Elaine -- Elaine from “Seinfeld” TV series
Eleanor – Eleanor of Acquitaine riding to Jerusalem
Ella -- a girl from ‘ell
Elise – A leash around the neck
Elizabeth – Queen Elizabeth II driving WW II ambulance
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Ellen – Ellen Degeneris
Ellie – Ellen Degeneris lying down
Elisa – tall ship Elissa in Galveston
Elsa – Elsie the Cow saying “God is satisfaction”
Elsie -- Elsie the Cow
Emily – Emily Blount in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Erica – ear filled with ca-ca
Erin – Irish (Erin) flag
Eva – swastika for Eva Braun, Hitler’s girlfriend
Eve – naked Eve in the Garden of Eden eating an apple
Evelyn – Eve standing in a lake (“lyn” in Welsh)
Faith – a bi-plane fighter flying over Malta during WW II
Felicia – fleece with an “A” on it
Fern – a huge Fern coming out of the file
Fiona – a fee paid for Scottish white plaid on a girl
Flor – a flower on a polished, slippery floor
Flora – a flower
Florence – Florence, Italy bridge with padlocks on it
Fran – a French flag with colors that ran
Frances – tri-color flag of France waves from Eiffel Tower
Gabrielle – gabby (talking ) bell
Gail – gale force wind blowing a pail
Gale – a full gale on the Beaufort scale
Georgia – a Georgia peach
Gertrude – Gertrude Tompkins, last missing WASP, in her Mustang
Gina – grey bluejeans
Ginger – ginger snaps
Ginny – bottle of gin on knees
Glenda – giant blender
Gloria – Old Glory
Grace – saying grace over a meal
Hallie or Halle – Halle Berry
Hannah – hand saying “Naaaah”
Harriet – Harrier jump jet
Hattie – hat with a tea cup on it
Heather – heather sprig
Heidi – Heidi of the Swiss story herding sheep
Helen – Helen of Troy
Holly – boughs of holly
Hope – hairy rope
Irene – song “Good Night Irene”
Iris – iris purple flower in the iris of the girl’s eye
Jackie – Jackie Kennedy
Jacqueline – jack on a line
Jamie – girl licking jam on knee of Jamie Fraser “Outlander”
Jan – jam
Jane – plain Jane
Janet – jam in a net
Janice – jam on ice
Jeanette – jeans in a net
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Jeanie or Jeannie – a female genie coming out of a bottle
Jennifer – Jenn-Air w fur #6
Jenny – a jenny (female donkey) or song “I Dream of Jenny”
Jessica – beautiful knife, the “Jessica” of knives
Jill – Jack and Jill
Jo – sloppy Jo hamburger
Joan – Joan of Arc w sword
Joanne – sloppy joe w/ ants on it
Joy – Joy dishwashing liquid
Joyce – Joy liquid cleaning so you can see
Juanita – A john (toilet) feminine saying “Ta!” (thanks!)
Judith – Judith decapitating Holofernes (Bible story)
Judy – Judge Judy
Julie – costume jewelry
Juliet -- Juliet on balcony w/ Romeo below
June – June bug
Karen – carrot
Kate – gate, or “Kiss Me, Kate!”
Katie -- Katie, bar the door!
Katherine – cat that runs
Kathleen – cat that leans
Kathy – cat drinking tea
Kay – KKK white dunce hat
Kim – Kim (Kimball O’Hara, Kipling)
Kirsten – curses ten
Kristen – Kris-Krafts in a line of ten
Laura – laurel wreath on head
Laurie – laurel wreath w/ E for excellence
Leslie – less than sign ‘<’ often lies
Lillian – Lillian Little (ma of Susan)
Lily – lily
Linda – beautiful (Spanish for “beautiful”) window (winda) #3
Lindy – doing the Lindy Hop dance
Lisa – Mona Lisa
Liza – a lizard
Lois – Lois Lane, girlfriend of Superman
Loretta – Loretta Swit from MASH
Lorraine – Cross of Lorraine
Louise – Louse McPhillips (cousin)
Lucille – Lucille Ball, in her Beverly Hills house
Lucinda – loose cinder
Lucy – I Love Lucy, w/ Lucy stomping grapes
Lynn – lake (Welsh)
Madeline – Madeline Albright
Mandy – mandolin
Marcy – marshy marsh by the sea
Margaret – margarine #9
Marge -- a half stick of margarine
Maria – song “Maria” from West Side Story #7
Mariah -- A “Black Mariah” British police prisoner van
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Marian or Marion or Maryanne – Maid Marion, of Robin Hood
Marie – mare with an ‘E’ on side
Marilyn – Marilyn Monroe
Marjorie -- margarine won jury prize
Marsha – marsh mellow – “Ahhh!”
Martha – Martha Washington
Mary – Virgin Mary #1
Mary Ellen – Mary with melon as halo
Melanie – Melania Trump
Melissa – molasses
Meredith – mer (sea) ditch (guardian)
Miranda -- Miranda Richardson
Miriam – a large Mirriam-Webster dictionary
Mitzi – Mitzi Gaynor dancing in South Pacific
Mona – she’s a “moaner”
Monica -- Monica Lewinski
Nan – nun as a nanny
Nancy – nanny who can see
Naomi – Naomi Watts
Natalie – Natalie Wood drowning
Nellie – a Nervous Nellie kneeling
Nicole – nickel (5 cent piece)
Nora – Norway girl wearing Norway sweater
Noreen – no rain
Norma – normal temperature on a thermometer
Olive – an olive
Olivia – an olive with an A carved on it
Pam – Spam (greasy ham substitute)
Pamela – a pomelo
Pat – act of patting the file
Patricia – pats of rich butter #2
Patty – hamburger patty
Paula – ball with an ‘A’
Pauline – Pauline tied to train track in “Perils of Pauline”
Peg – square peg in a round hole
Penny – penny (1 cent coin)
Phyllis – Philly city hall w/ tower and Ben Franklin
Polly – parrot says “Polly want a cracker?”
Priscilla – she is prissy and silly
Rachel – ray shining on a shell
Ramona – ram moaning, or a ramora fish
Rebecca – Reb book
Renee – raining A’s
Rhonda -- song “Help Me Rhonda”
Roberta – a female robber with mask
Robin – a robin bird
Rochelle – row of shells
Rosa – rose smells: ah!
Rosalie – rose from Robert E. Lee
Rosalyn or Rosslyn – Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland
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Rose – rose
Roxanne – “Roxanne!” song
Ruth – Baby Ruth candy bar
Ryan – bottle of Rye whiskey with a crown on it (Ryan = “descendant of kings”)
Sadie – sadist whipping a victim
Sally – salad; or a sally port in a castle
Samantha – Samantha the witch from “Bewitched” TV show twitching her nose
Sandra – sand drawing
Sandy – sand on file = sandy
Sarah – Sarah Lee cup cakes
Sasha – sash with a big “A” on it
Sherry – bottle of sherry
Sharon – Sharon Stone crossing her legs in “Basic Instinct”
Sheila – shield held by young Australian girl (a “shiela”)
Sheryl – Cher is ill
Shirley – Shirley Temple
Sidney – Sidney Harbour Bridge
Sita – Sita, wife of Rama in the Ramayana
Sylvia – sylvan glade (forest)
Sonia – Sony Walkman held by a “wise” woman
Sophia – Santa Sophia Mosque in Istanbul
Stacy – a back-stay at sea holding up the person
Sue Ann – suit covered in ants
Susan – lazy Susan #8
Susannah – “Oh Susannah” song
Tammy – tummy
Teresa or Theresa – Mother Teresa
Terry – terry cloth
Tess – Tess of the d’Urbervilles, with flashing saber near
Tina – tiny (shrink file on face down to a tiny size)
Tiffany -- gift by the Magi on Epiphany of Tiffany glass
Trixie – tracks shaped like an E
Vanessa – van wearing a dress
Vera – Vera Lynn singing “White Cliffs of Dover”
Vicky – Vick’s cough drops
Victoria – Queen Victoria w/ tiara
Vivian – vivid image of person “alive” (Vivian = alive in Latin)
Wanda – magic wand with an “A” at the end
Wendy – Wendy, Peter Pan, Tinkerbelle sitting on the file
Windy – wind blowing file on face
Yvette – Corvette with a Y window in the back
Yvonne – Yvonne de Carlo w/ black and white hair on The Munsters
Zoe – sew an ‘E’
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Adam – Adam in the Garden of Eden
Adolph -- Adolph Hitler, from Ethelwulf, “noble wolf”
Al – owl
Alan or Allen – Allen wrench
Albert – Prince Albert of Albert and Victoria
Alex – the baby Alexander the Great
Alexander – Alexander the Great with a leg sander
Alfred – King Alfred in chair trying to turn back the tide
Alonzo – bonzo (clown)
Alvin – Alvin the chipmunk
Andrew – ants drew a cross of St. Andrew (white on blue)
Andy – ant holding a “d”
Angelo – angel eating jello
Anthony – ant that weighs a ton
Archie – archery bow
Armand – arm band
Arnold – Arnold Schwartzenneger; Arnold Palmer
Art – art paintbrush with paint
Arthur – King Arthur pulling sword from stone
Austin – Aus. Tin = Australian Federal Police badge
Barney – Barney Fife
Barry – Barry Lyndon movie
Bart – Bart Simpson
Ben – Big Ben clock
Benny – Benny Hill the British comedian
Benjamin – Benjamin Franklin
Bernard – St. Bernard dog w/ neck flask
Bernie – Bernie Sanders
Bert or Burt – Burt Lancaster
Bill – duck’s bill
Bobby or Bobbie – bobby (London police) helmet
Brad – Brad Pitt; or a brad (small nail)
Bradford – Brad Pitt fording a stream in a Ford
Bradley – a Bradley fighting vehicle
Brandon – branded on cheek
Brendon – St. Brendon sailing the Atlantic in a leather boat
Brian – St. Brian’s brain
Brock – Brock Yates of the Cannonball Run
Bruce – Bruce the shark from “Jaws”
Bud – a Budweiser can
Caesar or Cesar – Julius Caesar
Cameron – camera on [the part of the face]
Carl – curl
Carlos – car that is lost
Carter – man driving a horse cart
Cary – Cary Grant sitting on the face file
Carson – Johnny Carson with turban on
Cecil – sea seal
Cedric – sad rick of hay
Chad – a hanging chad on a voting ballot
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Charles – Prince Charles with big ears talking to plants #8
Charlie – charred leaves
Chester – chest of drawers
Chet – jet
Chris – a Chris Craft boat
Christian – Christ follower symbolized by cross
Christopher – Christ with fur #11
Chuck – upchuck
Clark – Clark Kent, disguise of Superman
Claude – cloud
Clayton – ton of clay
Cliff – cliff
Clifford – A cliff with a Ford going off it
Clint – Clint Eastwood
Clinton – Bill Clinton
Clyde – Clydesdale horse; Bonnie and Clyde
Cole – coal
Colin – callin’ on cell phone
Conrad – a con (convict) who is “rad” (cool) in prison uniform
Corey or Cory – apple core
Craig – a tall craig (crag) in the Scottish highlands
Curt or Kurt – curtain
Dan – dam
Daniel – Daniel in the lion’s den #12
Darren – Darren McGavin of “Kolchak: the Night Stalker”
Darryl – a darling barrel
Dave – cave
David – divot #6
Dean – dent in his forehead (or whatever)
Dennis – Dennis the Menace
Derek – oil derrick
Dick – penis
Dirk – dirk (small boot knife)
Dominick – Dominick Dunne (writer)
Don – dawn
Donald – Donald Duck #15
Doug – dug by a dog
Douglas – Douglas Macarthur’s corncob pipe
Drew – drew a picture on the file
Duane – drain
Duncan – dunking a witch
Dusty – covered with dust
Dwayne – Dwayne the bathtub, I’m dwownding!
Dwight – Dwight Eisenhower
Earl – pearl
Ed – Mr. Ed the talking horse
Eddie – eddy; Mr. Ed with E on his head
Edgar – Mr. Ed with a gar fish on his head
Edmund – Mr. Ed on a mound
Edward – Mr. Ed the talking horse in a ward in an asylum
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Eduardo – Mr. Ed the talking horse in his ward yells “OH”
Edwin – Mr. Ed wins a horse race
Eli – eel eye
Elijah -- God is Jehovah
Elton -- God’s town (“el” = god in Hebrew)
Elvis – Elvis Presley
Emmanuel – a manual on Christian religion
Eric – ear ache
Ernie – Ernie Pyle
Erwin – ear wins a race
Ethan – Ethan Allen of the Green Mt. Boys
Ethelred -- noble raed = well advised king
Evan – oven
Everette or Everett – Mt. Everest
Felix – Felix the cat
Fletcher – arrow from arrow maker
Floyd – flood
Frank – frankfurter
Fred – Fred Flintstone
Freddy – Fred Flintstone with an ‘E’ award
Frederick – Frederick the Great
Garrett – a musty old garrett
Gary – Gary Player in black
Geoffrey – chef in a tree
George – King George III in robes with scepter #16
Gerald – Gerald Ford, Pres. of US
Gil – fish gill
Gilbert – fish gills burnt
Graham – graham crackers
Grant – U.S. Grant
Greg – Greg Louganis the Olympic diver
Gregory – St. Gregory of Armenia
Gus – gust of wind
Hal – HAL the red-eyed-light computer of movie 2001
Hank – handkerchief
Hans – hands
Harold – hair that is old
Harry – hairy
Hector – Hector, dead Trojan hero, being dragged by Achilles’ chariot
Henry -- a hen that is regal like Henry II
Herb – herb, thyme
Herbert – herb that is burnt
Howard – coward
Hugh – hew wood in half
Irv – nerve
Irving – swerving into “green water”
Isaac – eye sack
Ivan – Ivan the Terrible
Jack – car jack
Jacob – Jacob’s ladder
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Jake – rake
James – chains w scallop shell (St. James symbol) #1
Jason – Jason of the Argonauts rowing a bireme
Jay – jay bird
Jean – blue jean
Jeff – chef
Jeffrey – chef in a tree
Jeremy – germ on me
Jerome – St. Jerome translating the Bible into Latin
Jerry – Jerry Seinfeld
Jess – jesses on a falcon
Jim – gym
Joe – sloppy Joe hamburger
Joel – Joel Grey dancing in “Cabaret”
Joey – small kangaroo
John – toilet #2
Jonah – Jonah being swallowed by whale
Jonathan – toilet that is thin
Jordan – Jordan river w/ pilgrims being baptized
Jose – hose
Joseph – Joseph and Mary at the manger #9
Joshua – Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
Juan – wand
Jud – Jud, a Jew of Judea
Julio – jewel that is low
Julius -- Julius Caesar drinking an Orange Julius
Justin – just in time – a stopwatch
Keith – keys
Ken – can
Kenneth – Kenneth, first King of the Scots and Picts
Kent – Clark Kent living in county of Kent
Kevin – cave in
Kirk – Capt. Kirk
Kyle – tile
Lance – Sir Lancelot
Larry – lariat
Lawrence – Lawrence of Arabia in white robes
Lee – Robert E. Lee
Len – lens of eyeglasses
Leo – lion
Leon – Lion On the head of the person; Leon Trotsky
Leroy – the king
Les – less than sign ‘<’
Lester – less than sign ‘<’ stirred around
Lew – blue (color)
Lionel – Lionel train set
Lou – blue (color)
Louis – the St. Louis arch
Lucas – a flickering malfunctioning light from Lucas Electric
Luke – Cool Hand Luke sitting on a winged ox
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Luther – Martin Luther nailing articles to church door
Lyle – = l’isle – man of the island
Mack – Mack truck
Major – gold oak leaf emblem of a major, US Army
Malcomb – Malcom X with round glasses and comb
Manny – man with an ‘E’ (USN excellence award)
Mark – magic marker used by winged lion #14
Marshall – US Marshall’s silver badge
Martin – Martian little green man
Marvin – marlin fish
Mason – Mason jar
Matt – door mat
Matthew – St. Matthew, a winged man, writing the Gospel
Maurice – more rice
Max – Mad Max in the last of the V-8s
Maxwell – can of Maxwell coffee
Mel – melon
Melvin – = mal vin = bad wine smelly spilled on suit
Michael – St. Michael w/ wings holding a sword #4
Mickey – Mickey Mouse
Mike – mic as in microphone
Miles – milestone
Mitch – mitt that gives an itch to your hand
Morris – Morris the Cat
Morgan – Capt. Morgan the pirate
Nathan – a Nathan’s hotdog from NY
Nathaniel – Gen. Nathanael Greene w/ Amer. Rev. hat
Ned – bed
Neal or Neil – nail
Nick – nickel (5 cent piece)
Noah – Noah building his Ark
Noel – Xmas Noel tree decoration
Norman – Norseman with helmet with two horns
Oliver – olive
Oscar – Academy award statuette
Otis – an Otis elevator
Owen – rowing
Pat – pat (pat or stroke the file on the person’s face)
Patrick – St. Patrick holding a shamrock
Paul – St. Paul (4’6” with hunchback) w/ ball #13
Pedro – paid to row
Pete – slab of peat (Irish thick bog)
Peter – Peter Cottontail cruxified on upside down cross
Philip – fill up with Philips 66 gas
Pierre – pier
Preston – pressing a ton
Quincy – a fifth of a quince pie (Quincy = a fifth of an estate)
Ralph – Ralph Kramden of TV show “The Honeymooners”
Randall – evil Capt. Randall of “Outlander”
Randolph – a randy dolphin
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Randy – bottle of brandy and a “randy” erect organ
Ray – ray gun shooting a ray of light
Raymond – ray of light hitting a mound
Rex – Rex, King of Mardi Gras Krewe wearing crown
Richard – King Richard III w/ hump, crown and no horse #7
Richie – dollar sign
Rick – red dick (penis)
Rob – Rob Roy wearing a Highland bonnet
Robbie – robe with an “E” award on it
Robert – robber w/ mask #3
Roberto – robber stubbing his toe
Rod – rod of iron
Roderick – rod in a hay rick
Rodney – rod in knee
Roger – Roger Moore as 007
Roland – a singing knight (“Song of Roland”)
Ron – rum
Ronald – Ronald McDonald
Ronnie – running
Ross – royal boss
Roy – Roy Rogers
Russ – rusts
Russell – Russian hell
Ryan – Rye whiskey bottle with a crown (Ryan = “descendant of kings”)
Sam – Uncle Sam; Surface to Air Missile
Sammy – Uncle Sam on his knee
Samuel – Uncle Sam on mule
Sandy – sand on the file = sandy
Scott – Scott paper towels
Sean – Sean Bean
Shawn – a Sean Bean yawn
Seymour – see more butts under the bleachers
Sheldon – shielding in a “narrow valley”
Sherman – Sherman tank
Sid – sit
Sidney – Sidney Harbour Bridge
Stan – standing stone
Stanley – Stanley tool, a hammer, hitting the file on the face
Stephen -- stove w/ hen inside
Steve – stove
Steven -- stove nailed down
Stewart – Royal Stewart red tartan
Stu – stew
Tad – tadpole
Teddy – teddy bear
Terry – Terry cloth
Tex – Texas map of the state
Theo – the tea poured by God
Theodore – Theodore Roosevelt with pince nez charging up San Juan hill
Thomas – thermos on a T-square (St. Thomas) #10
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Tim – tin can
Timothy – tin of tea
Toby – a Toby jug
Todd – toad
Tom – tom cat
Tommy – Tommy gun
Tony – Tony the Tiger
Tracy – tracing an ‘E’
Ty – tie a knot
Tyrone – Tyrone Power, movie star
Tyler – Pres. John Tyler
Van – van
Vince – fence
Vern – fern
Vernon – fern on a nun
Vic or Vick – Vick’s cough drop
Vincent – Vincent van Gogh in hat under starry sky
Wade – wade in the water
Wallace – Gov. Wallace being shot
Walt – Walt Disney
Walter – Walther PPK pistol of 007
Ward – ward of an insane asylum
Warren – rabbit warren
Wayne – John Wayne in the rain, movie star
William – William Shakespeare #5
Winston – Winston Churchill w/ cigar
Zak or Zack – sack
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