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"...the two-timing Keyshawn’s ferocious other girlfriend..." Or his "outside woman", as the Black slang of the past would put it.

"One of them days" was used in R&B song lyrics going back to the 1990s, so it's not like it's unprecedented. Even if African American Vernacular English (the formal linguistic name) seems odd on the surface, the deeper meaning is still evident.

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