Definitions

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  • adjective One-eyed.
  • adjective Approaching or viewing a situation with a single perspective.

Etymologies

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Derived from cyclops (one eye)

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Examples

  • Her and that cycloptic moron, Ron Christie, have absolutely ZERO BUSINESS being even considered HALF-TRUTHFUL; they are Dickhead Cheney soldiers, and should be treated as the enablers of war criminals that they are … … … … … ..

    Think Progress » McCain Assails Reconciliation, Forgetting He Once Said The GOP Laid ‘The Groundwork’ For Its Use 2010

  • There certainly is, and let's hope they can cope, as by the end of the week even Vanity Fair joined in: "Meet the London 2012 Olympic mascot, a ghoulish cycloptic phallus named Wenlock."

    Much ado about Wenlock & Mandeville: Canada pokes fun at 2012 mascots 2010

  • Whilst a cycloptic feline is interesting, I'm not sure what it has to do with animals teaching each other stuff.

    Dolphins Have Memes, Too Heather McDougal 2008

  • Instead you'll go quietly back to your window, that cycloptic bunker, and pick up your favorite colors again, while I dissipate on the broken road like a heatwave,

    The Goodbye Hello 2010

  • Their heads are two-dimensional discs, each with a single cycloptic eye, balanced atop giraffe-like necks.

    Everyday Zoology (excerpt) 2009

  • Instead you'll  go quietly back to your window, that cycloptic bunker, and pick up your favorite colors again, while I dissipate on the broken road like a heatwave,

    History As Presence(Click Here to Begin) 2009

  • Their heads are two-dimensional discs, each with a single cycloptic eye, balanced atop giraffe-like necks.

    Everyday Zoology 2009

  • Apparently this means that we the public are too stupid to appreciate what a great guiding genius we have in our cycloptic caledonian leader.

    SUNDAY MORNING ... 2009

  • Trying to regain the weapon she should run into a cool mysterious secret agent type who is older and will explain the rules of the game as they unfold around the girl this person is key to introducing sadistic world dominators, evil cycloptic cyborgs, and mutated reptile ninja cults later.

    Alan Moore as a Neil Gaiman character 2007

  • Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done.

    Death Rays and Disintegrators James Killus 2007

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