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I got so many hickeys people'll think I'm a leper.
— Rizzo · Grease
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker exaggerates the visible effect of numerous hickeys by imagining people mistaking them for signs of disease. The comparison turns a private sexual aftermath into a worry about public appearance. Its bluntness supplies the humour without making the imagined diagnosis a factual claim.
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