pull a Homer

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Etymology edit

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.

Verb edit

pull a Homer (third-person singular simple present pulls a Homer, present participle pulling a Homer, simple past and past participle pulled a Homer)

(fandom slang, humorous) To succeed despite idiocy.

Quotations edit

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Translations edit

Translations

French: faire une simpsonnerie

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