wisenheimer

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¶ The first movie referenced so many other movies so indiscriminately, from "Chariots of Fire" to "Planet of the Apes" to "American Beauty," watching it was like being caught on a bus with a bunch of screenwriters on the way to a wisenheimer convention.

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  • Reeves is excellent as the blank emoticon alien, relying more on Neo than nuances to get his point across, and Will Smith's son Jaden goes from irritating to ingratiating as the little child who, naturally, carries much more soulful wisdom than any wisenheimer professor —  DVD Talk
  • A wisenheimer on the Rocky Mountain News message board said, "That's not what we meant when we asked for more drilling!" —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • Of course, I could also be kind, sympathetic and a real wisenheimer.
  • ¶ The first movie referenced so many other movies so indiscriminately, from "Chariots of Fire" to "Planet of the Apes" to "American Beauty," watching it was like being caught on a bus with a bunch of screenwriters on the way to a wisenheimer convention. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • To which Leno -- who looked like a cross between a class clown and a Boston greaser -- would respond with a well-turned wisenheimer riff on being stuck in the middle seat on airplanes or evil-twin plots on television. —  CNN.com
 

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  1. wise1 + German -enheimer (in such surnames as Oppenheimer).
 

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