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  • adjective Of or pertaining to The Simpsons, an American animated sitcom.

Etymologies

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Simpson +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Spurlock also goes to North Carolina, where Noel Bankhead, who curates what he calls the Simpsonian Institution, proclaims, "If it says '

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2010

  • And I thought the pencil was just a face with a Simpsonian skin tone and a goatee, probably to represent the cake's recipient.

    Once in a Lifetime Wrecks 2010

  • Let's for a moment, set aside the Simpsonian three-eyed fish your mind's eye has conjured and give it a think: maybe these wouldn't be "your father's nuclear plants."

    Esther J. Cepeda: Nuclear Power Could Fuel Chicago's Economy 2008

  • It began with a revelation from God (Grampa has an epiphany that “terrible things are going to happen”) and went into sharply Simpsonian satire of the banalities of Middle American life, mixed with an inconvenient truthiness about an environmental disaster in Springfield.

    TV in 2007: Who were the biggest and best? 2007

  • I suspected that it was due to that unfortunate Simpsonian combination of pale skin and aggressive, wiry hair that forced a five o'clock shadow through his cheeks even after he'd stepped out of the shower.

    What's Worse Than Snakes On A Plane? stormsigma 2005

  • And then June 4, the night following the Daryl interchange, turns out to be a climactic whirlwind of production challenges, logistical brinksmanship, meta-media outrage, Simpsonian minutiae, and Monster-grade stimulation.

    Host 2005

  • And then June 4, the night following the Daryl interchange, turns out to be a climactic whirlwind of production challenges, logistical brinksmanship, meta-media outrage, Simpsonian minutiae, and Monster-grade stimulation.

    Host 2005

  • I guess I am just not meant to be part of some Simpsonian universe, because I tried both of these doodads and could not get an avatar that I thought looked the least bit like me at all.

    Dueling Simpsons 2007

  • Are its discursive, irrelevant cutaways and chockablock pop-culture references a post-Simpsonian breakthrough or, as Cartman alleges, a lazy cop-out?

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Are its discursive, irrelevant cutaways and chockablock pop-culture references a post-Simpsonian breakthrough or, as Cartman alleges, a lazy cop-out?

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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