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Streisand

The origin and history of Streisand.

Etymology

Named after singer Barbra Streisand, whose 2003 lawsuit to remove a photo of her house from the internet backfired spectacularly and made the photo famous.

· First attested 2003

Class of 2003

Streisand first entered the language around 2003. Other words from the same year:

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