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Yodalike en · ADJ

Etymology

From Yoda + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling Yoda from Star Wars.
   • I'm still wondering about a Jedi's use of weaponry. In ANH, it was simple. The real Jedis (Ben and Vader) used lightsabers while the others used blasters. However, Yoda had no weapon. Does that mean he can shoot electricity like the Emperor? That doesn't seem very Yodalike! 1993 June 6, steve singer, “jedi weaponry”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet):
   • It made sense that Hartnell later changed into a Yodalike character. His experiences with Ian and Barbara and the fact that Susan left him for humans, showed him that their must be something in these people after all. After that, he was much kinder. 1998 December 31, Dastari, “An Unearthly Child or 100,000 B.C.?”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
   • After losing both her job and a potential husband, Cindy sets off to figure out why on earth she's so happy, and soon must combat an onslaught of unsolicited advice from her mother, her "have it all" friends, a Yodalike waxing lady, and the guy next door. 2008, Cindy Guidry, The Last Single Woman in America:
2. (idiomatic, informal, uncommon) Of a speaking style, mimicking Yoda from Star Wars, where sentence structure is inverted.
   • My initial, impulsive (and very Yodalike) reply would be: "Surely he is not who must ask." 2004, Thomas F. Monteleone, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel:
   • While the Yodalike grammar may seem to signal a philosophical mind, the “Karl Malone on Aliens” sketch does not present Malone as knowledgeable, wise, or even informed. 2021, Ayanna Thompson, Blackface, page 58:
   • It spoke to me in ways I already had some fluency in, using terms like pain body and chakras, but the information it gave me was more Yodalike and profound than my own level of study and the tone it used was “San Pedro” (or maybe my "higher self" with a sense of humor), and not my usual Robyn mind. 2012, Ross Heaven, Cactus of Mystery, The Shamanic Powers of the Peruvian San Pedro Cactus:

Forms

Relateds

Yodaesque

Synonyms

Yodaish