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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Abbreviation for Junior, used after a name by a son who has the same first and last name as his father; -- less commonly used than
Jr.
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- noun a son who has the same first name as his father
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Examples
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All Barack Obama did during the election run, was insult George Bush jnr ...
Senate leaves for break without finalizing Army leadership 2009
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Ripper on May 31, 2008 stiller holding a gun, man i gotta see this one. just hope that robert downey jnr turns back white in time to do the iron man sequel. tatoka on Jun 13, 2008
Holy Tropic Thunder! Hilarious Red Band Trailer Uncovered! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I do wonder though whether it would have been even a quarter of the film it was without Robert Downey jnr.
Whereas Iron Man Was Right on the Money Lou Anders 2008
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As for mr prince jnr, i think we should give the man a chance, admittedly hes not ideal but then saying tht i remember when i first started watchin 24 i thought keifer wouldn't be believable as an action man so it goes to show.
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That film would be much improved by Comedy sound effects … that and if Cuban Gooding jnr acted in a more stereotypically black way ..
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That first one could be almost anyone from a young Sammy davis jnr onwards,The Boy george is good cant see any wreckiness there, as for George and Bowie just not my thing so "shudder" they give me the creeps.
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The George W. Bush jnr Administration definitely got it right when it nominated Wolfowitz to the post.
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I run a multinational webforum (mostly Brits, Yanks, Aussies, Kiwis, Canucks and South Africans) and the sense of selective amnesia you get from some Republican - and this season's latest fashion "Libertarian" Americans, where Bush jnr is concerned just illustrates flagrant denial (apparently he did nothing wrong whatsoever whilst in office, and the last 18 months of global turmoil are the sole fault of Obama and his "socialist" policies...)
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How odd to use Robert Downey jnr as an example of a versatile actor when it's always seemed to me that he plays Robert Downey Jnr in nearly all his films.
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That when Police stood outside the murder scene house (for some time, with Bamber jnr who'd called them in) they reported seeing a figure at a window of the - locked - house but this was not reported at the trial?
Capital Punishment Newmania 2007
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