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| avuncular |
| suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
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| Weeble |
| Weebles is a trademark for several lines of children's roly-poly toys originating in Hasbro's Playskool division on July 23, 1971. "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down", was used in advertising during their rise in popularity. |
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| Funkytown |
| Lipps Inc. was a studio band that achieved one significant hit, "Funkytown" in 1980. |
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| Bizarro |
| The Bizarro World is a fictional planet in the DC comics universe, introduced in the early 1960s. |
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| Straight from the horse's mouth |
| from an authoritative or dependable source |
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| Life is tough. Wear a cup. |
| in sports, a cup is an important safety piece of equipment for men |
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| Speedy Gonzales |
| An animated cartoon mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Speedy's major traits are his ability to run extremely fast and his comedic Mexican accent. He usually wears an oversized yellow sombrero, white shirt and trousers, and a red kerchief. |
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| feet of clay |
| People are said to have feet of clay when a hidden weakness or flaw is revealed |
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| a descriptive name or epithet |
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| rambunctious |
| difficult to control or handle |
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| Gable's back and Garson's got him! |
| The catch-phrase used to advertise the 1945 film Adventure |
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| Loch Ness Monster |
| A debated, mythical creature, most commonly speculated to be from a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs,[3] that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands |
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