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Physics is a suggestion; the anvil just hasn't read the memo yet.
means A cartoon character, or by extension, someone or something so exaggerated and rubbery-ruled it seems to have escaped an animated world.
from Simply a clipped, informal spelling of 'cartoon,' which itself traces back to Italian cartone meaning 'large paper' — the heavy card sketch artists used to plan a final painting or tapestry. 'Toon' as the chirpy shorthand for animated characters took off alongside the rise of film and TV animation in the 20th century, especially once Saturday-morning cartoons made the word everyday slang for kids.
- origin
- short for cartoon, Greek for drawn-out joke on paper
- survival rule
- falling only hurts after you look down
- anatomy
- four fingers, infinite elasticity, zero consistent bone structure
- golden law
- paint can be a tunnel if you believe hard enough