English Explanatory Dictionary

pull a Homer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To succeed despite idiocy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pull a Homer.wav

Word forms

pull a Homer pulls a Homer pulling a Homer pulled a Homer

Etymology

From pull (“to copy or emulate the actions associated with”). Coined in the Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", after the regular character Homer who stops a nuclear meltdown via eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

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