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pull a Homer en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pull (“to copy or emulate the actions associated with”). Coined in the Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", after the regular character Homer who stops a nuclear meltdown via eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, slang) To succeed despite idiocy.

Forms

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pulls a Homer Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pulling a Homer Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled a Homer Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled a Homer Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

fr faire une simpsonnerie (Translations)