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pull a homer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l a homer
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To succeed despite idiocy.

Humorous; Slang

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pulls a Homer (present, singular) pulling a Homer (participle, present) pulled a Homer (participle, past) pulled a Homer (past)

Questions

What does pull a homer mean?
To succeed despite idiocy.
Where does pull a homer come from?
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.

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