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Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Debutante Balls

Why are debutante balls making a comeback? Where did words like "woke" and "meme" come from? And why is the intern who runs KFC's Twitter such a genius? All will be revealed!
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Image: Emmanuel Hapsis

Inspired by the debut of Reese Witherspoon's daughter at a debutante ball, we take a look at the custom's history and discuss why we might be seeing a lot more of them in the future.

Because we're nerds, we trace back the origins of pop culture words like "meme," "woke," and "Netflix and chill."

We rage over the proposed $70 admission to National Parks.

We toast to whichever intern runs the KFC Twitter account.

And we ride out on "Underdog" by Banks:

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