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Oh Donny! You couldn't kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy bit!
— Lina · Singin' in the Rain
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker takes a kiss as evidence of feeling and presses Donny to acknowledge at least a little of it. 'Teensy bit' softens the demand without withdrawing it. The appeal rests on the conviction that the gesture could not have been entirely empty.
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