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- adjective A variation of
cartoony ;comical ;cartoon -like - noun Internet, slang An
empty andcomically overstated threat oflegal action , or amock legal action.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It would have been very easy for Lieberman to make this very cartooney where the cowboy is predominately sex-driven, the ninja is the brains and the Viking is pure brute force.
[REVIEW] Cowboy Ninja Viking #1 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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As a life-long Spiderman fan, I felt the films were too cartooney, with a completely unlikeable Peter Parker/spider man.
SPIDER-MAN Reboot Already Written; Film to be “Gritty, Contemporary” – Collider.com 2010
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Without being an expert on the subject matter, it is evident that the author of the book in question - Karin Calvo-Goller - has damaged her own academic reputation far more by resorting to the courts (or, as we used to put it on news. admin.net-abuse.sightings, making cartooney legal threats) than anything contained in the review could have done.
Online reviews and ownership of social spaces nwhyte 2010
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Taken on its own, it is blocky and cartooney, and the eyes of the giant sea monster seem poorly placed; in context, of course, it misses the point of the book which is about human interactions, the sea monster being a mere incident.
February Books 16) Lavinia, by Ursula Le Guin nwhyte 2010
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August 24, 2008 at 5:03 am ah uzed to lurv de top cat cartooney, ah like benny & fancy-fancy de bezt.
enemy sighted - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Do the enhanced immersive qualities of watching vaguely cartooney, low-res people awkwardly getting it on -- rather than reading well-written prose detailing the action -- actually make up for the cludgy chat interface?
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August 25, 2008 at 7:35 pm ah be lurvin daffy in de Duck Dodgers in de 24 1/2 Century cartooney
U sed we wuz viziting “friends” - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Errr….ummmm…..ah meanz ah am in no whey oldz enuff to member de top cat cartooney!
enemy sighted - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Jay and Silent Bob returned but their role was more cartooney, more comic book characterish Silent Bob became obsessed with trying to use The Force from the Star Wars films and had a Batmanesque utility belt.
Archive 2003-04-27 2003
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Like the arcade, Xenophobe graphics look more "cutesy" than scary, with heroes looking like caricatures, Xenos looking cartooney, and assorted goofy touches here and there.
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