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  1. Suffering succotash - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 31, 2014 · I suppose it's possible the expression was used (on rare occasions) in the mid-1800s, but I'd have thought that would be largely irrelevant to it being revived/coined by cartoon characters …

  2. What the #$@&%*! is that called? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Oct 15, 2012 · @TobiasKienzler StephenStraight is saying the Grawlixes only define spoken/verbalized censorship, like in comics' speech bubbles (auditorily imagine the Charlie Brown/Peanuts teacher …

  3. Why do people call their characters "toons"? - Arqade

    Jul 17, 2012 · The "origin" of the term "absolutely" came from the "carTOON" industry and decades of generations of people calling the characters in WB and Disney cartoons "toons". But, the regular …

  4. A word for 'non-animated' movies - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Oct 28, 2022 · 6 You might just say I prefer movies that aren't animated, or movies with live actors. The other sense of animated could interfere with its use to mean with cartoon characters.

  5. How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?

    May 26, 2011 · 73 In cartoons and comics it's not uncommon to see a series of Z's to indicate that a person is in deep slumber, such as in the following political cartoon. (source: Berkeley Daily Planet) …

  6. What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?

    Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?

  7. What are all of Sonic the Hedgehog's transformations? - Arqade

    Dark Sonic Dark Sonic is a next form of sonic that was only seen in the Sonic X series. The form was gained from sonic seeing his friend in pain. The power enhances Sonic's strength, speed, and some …

  8. Origin of the expression "pull your finger out"

    Jul 25, 2014 · All this rubbish about cannons and early 60s cartoon characters is puritanical avoidance of issue and use of euphemistic metaphors. The shock value of the use of this term socially or …

  9. game identification - Who is the girl with white hair that ... - Arqade

    Sep 2, 2017 · She has white hair, a black rectangular thing over her eyes, and she's commonly found on the thumbnails of 'Gaming on Crack' videos Here is an image:

  10. ilomilo - Which is ilo, and which is milo? - Arqade

    Whenever I play ilomilo, I can't keep track of which character is ilo (Ilona), and which character is milo (Milton). I really enjoy ilomilo, but I need to know which -ilo is which, because in ilom...