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profile drag

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noun

  1. the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid

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If “we’re born naked and the rest is drag,” as he’s been saying for nearly 30 years, RuPaul is practiced at the art of celebrity profile drag — of speaking with a blend of bawdy wit and self-help earnestness that makes him a quotable, captivating storyteller without requiring him to reveal much about himself.

From Los Angeles Times

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