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What does 'DOA - dead on arrival' mean? (taken from the US series...)



 
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What does 'DOA - dead on arrival' mean? (taken from the US series...) #1 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2004 4:08 am   What does 'DOA - dead on arrival' mean? (taken from the US series...)		  
In the series of W.C. friends, there is a part of the theme that I don't get. Here it is: my love life is D.O.A.
I've looked up this acronym and still don't dig it.
D.O.A. =dead on arrival?

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Dead on arrival #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 11, 2004 14:15 pm   Dead on arrival		  
Well,

Seems like they indeed are drawing an analogy between an item that is dead on arrival and a person's love life.

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