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dark side en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually) Alternative form of darkside.
   alt of darkside
   • In order to understand your average kinkster and what they do with their toys from the dark side, we need to look back in history to see the development of these devices and the interesting people responsible for them. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 52:
   • When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side. 1989 July 14, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally..., spoken by Harry Burns (Billy Crystal):
   • The film stumbles as its plot gets more complicated, introducing the house’s previous resident, evil warlock Isaac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan), Jonathan’s former partner-in-magic who turned to the dark side after an encounter with a demon named Azazel (Christian Calloway) during World War II. 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of All Directors, Brings Amblin Magic to the Kid-lit Horror of The House with a Clock in Its Walls”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022:
   • [P]revious finalists on the show have begun to speak out against issues they had to deal with when the cameras stopped filming. […] But just as the dark side of the genre threatened to overshadow any previous genuine highs, in 2019, buzz spread in the US around a talent show that had to be seen to be believed. 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How Talent Shows Became TV’s Most Bizarre Programmes”, in BBC Online, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2021:

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