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4. "Tingo" reminded me of Homer Simpson/Ned Flanders. Which reminds me of "Flanderize":

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:46 AM

Jun 2012

to take one aspect of a character (e.g. Ned Flander's religiosity,) and make it the over-exagerated/defining characteristic of the character.

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Interesting words from other languages: [View all] tk2kewl Jun 2012 OP

Love "L'esprit de l'escalier"! What a useful phrase. nt Romulox Jun 2012 #1

yeah, much better than "way homer"! unblock Jun 2012 #2

Reasons to keep all languages alive flamingdem Jun 2012 #3