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The mold that promises uniformity, then becomes shorthand for everything soulless and identical.
Civil War eraTin cutters were prized American kitchen heirlooms by 1860s
Insult upgradeBecame slang for bland sameness around the 1920s
Shapes galoreCollectors hoard thousands, from anchors to anatomy
Real estate codeMeans identical tract homes with no soul