Overdescriptive Nouns

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The names of many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.
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Many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*[[First Time Here?]] &mdash; [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
*[[First Time Here?]] &mdash; [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] &mdash; The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] &mdash; The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
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*Email [[keep cool]] &mdash; While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
*Email [[keep cool]] &mdash; While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] &mdash; [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] &mdash; [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
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*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] &mdash; The full title is "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!".
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*[[KOT's VOQPCS!]] &mdash; The full title is "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!
*Email [[business trip]] &mdash; The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
*Email [[business trip]] &mdash; The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] &mdash; Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] &mdash; Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
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*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] &mdash; The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] &mdash; When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] &mdash; When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
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*Email [[hremail3184]] &mdash; Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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*Email [[hremail 3184]] &mdash; Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
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** Additionally, one of Strong Bad's suggestions is "The coolest looking explosion [he] ever rigged in Strong Sad's org-ethnic breakfast pouch on a Tuesday".
*Email [[imaginary]] &mdash; [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
*Email [[imaginary]] &mdash; [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
*Email [[dictionary]] &mdash; Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
*Email [[dictionary]] &mdash; Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
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*Email [[retirement]] &mdash; Strong Bad's "antidepressant" is "Italian-herb-chipotle-buffalo-ranch-guacamole-Thai-peanut-style chippety-chomps"
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*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] &mdash; The name of Strong Bad's hypothetical haunted house attraction is called St. Cadaverstump's totally not just an old furniture warehouse Morge-Tuary.
==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:12, 20 May 2021

"As Seen on TV"

Many items within the Homestar Runner universe will be given unusually complex and descriptive names where a simpler title would be acceptable.

Appearances

See Also

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