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- adjective Of or relating to
Tourette syndrome .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It warms my heart to see that 'dave', the Tourettic auto-troll 'bot program, has been reactivated.
"We think the ad's authors were right to give voice to the students quoted, whose suffering is real." Ann Althouse 2007
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And these verbal mistakes, these Tourettic slips of tongue, were my real self trying to get out.
Land of the Blind Walter, Jess, 1969- 2003
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He tried to wink back but it came out more like a Tourettic facial tic.
VQR 2009
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An expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of species, Arthur is all Tourettic tics, false starts and nervous fumbling, badly covered up by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
Fulldls.com 2009
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†manages to kick up some dust every few months or so: the viral-video comedy economy seems custom designed for her Tourettic outbursts of outré hilarity.
Time’s Most Influential Person Of 2007, Definitely Colbert. Definitely. | Best Week Ever 2008
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And as for Leslie Mann, "she steals this rude laugh and heart machine, as a fortysometing Tourettic sexpot with a slightly nasal voice, in every scene simmering like a woman still ascending her sexual peak.
GreenCine Daily 2009
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