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KidEight is the eccentric of the group, a master of Photoshop and logo reappropriations, with a finely honed sense of the absurd.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2015

“PajamaBoy” became its own hashtag and countless parodies and reappropriations spread across the Internet.

From Time • Dec. 20, 2013

For his part, Mr. Glaser, 81, says he does not mind the seemingly endless reinterpretations and reappropriations of his design.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2010

Of the required authorizations, 11,365 million dollars will be in new appropriations, 400 million dollars in new contract authority, and 7 million dollars in reappropriations of unobligated balances.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.