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A.Word.A.Day--Mickey Mouse Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio Mickey Mouse (MIK-ee mous) adjective, Slang 1. Unimportant; trivial. Irritatingly petty. 2. Intellectually unchallenging; simple 3. Blandly sentimental. Used of popular compositions and performers. Relating to a soundtrack that accompanies the action in an unsubtle, melodramatic way suggestive of music written for animated films. [After the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created by Walt Disney.] "A French Church of Scientology spokeswoman calls a French government report urging dissolution of the church a `slap-dash Mickey Mouse job in which facts are pulled out of a hat.'" Scientologists denounce French report, UPI 9 Feb 2000. This week's theme: eponyms from fiction. X-Bonus If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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