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  • adjective A variation of cartoony; comical; cartoon-like
  • noun Internet, slang An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.

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Possibly a portmanteau of the words cartoon (alluding to fantasy and exaggeration) and attorney, or a variation of cartoony (cartoon-like).

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