Book of Mormon
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- proper noun
- /bʊk əv ˈmɔrmən/
- Neologism
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The Book of Mormon
- If one of the WH pool had the cajones, they would ask if Mr. Carney has seen "The Book of Mormon"?
Examples
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Rannells is one of the stars of the new NBC sitcom "The New Normal," and played the lead in the original Broadway cast of "The Book of Mormon."
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The toughest ticket to get on Broadway is for the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, "The Book of Mormon."
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Their Grammy-winning stage musical, The Book of Mormon, is currently on tour.
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I got dibs on him when the Trey Parker-Matt Stone Tony Award-winning musical "The Book of Mormon" comes to town.
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Ditto Mormons vis-à-vis the brilliant "Book of Mormon" musical.
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My mom asked on behalf of a woman in her ward (successful, intelligent, MA) about some challenging questions she'd discovered reading Paul Gutjahr's recent Book of Mormon biography from Yale Press.
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In this day and age, where scholarship is attempting to undermine much of the Bible, the Book of Mormon stands as a witness that testifies the Bible is true.
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In America, we have films and plays such as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "The Book of Mormon," "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," and on and on—we poke fun at our culture incessantly.
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I have obviously shared my support of President Obama in the past, but a lesser-known thing about me is that I love some Broadway musicals: In the Heights, Rent, The Book of Mormon, and Les Misérables being some of my favorites.
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The Grammy-winning Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, satirizes various aspects of religion and culture.
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'book' and 'Mormon' will most likely infer a literal religious text belonging to or about Mormons; they will not be able to derive that this proper-name phrase refers specifically to a satirical Broadway musical. The reference is a culturally specific title/usage rather than a compositional meaning, so the intended sense is not predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Book of Mormon is the title of a funny stage musical that takes its name from the real sacred book because the story follows young Mormon missionaries. The writers chose the title to show the show is about that faith and to set up its jokes and story.