Usage As A Word
The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. A UK retail chain was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls.
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The crying shadow in the funeral dance,
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