Michelin
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- proper noun
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muñeco Michelin
- They look like Michelin men in their thick space suits.
- Michelin man
- Michelin tire
- Michelin star
And I just said I go and I don't want to meet you unless you're naked and you're all sensed up like the Michelin man and.
- And I just said I go and I don't want to meet you unless you're naked and you're all sensed up like the Michelin man and.
- You look like someone let the air out of the Michelin man.
- So you're, you know, you inflate like the Michelin Man and that's so that if you puncture your suit, the air goes out, not in.
Examples
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I stood for a few seconds staring at the thing in my palm, then at the Michelin man in my other hand.
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So now you look like the Michelin Man.
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Do you know about the Michelin men?
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The Michelin men came last night.
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Michelin men eat in pairs.
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I don't like the big Michelin Man crazy look, you know, rotund thing.
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The puffer jacket no longer makes its wearer look like the Michelin Man; instead, it's more tailored and flattering.
Blog text (31) -
Full in beard and belly, and sporting a dark blue mechanic's vest with the inevitable "Pat" embroidered into a light blue breast patch, Lay could easily pass for the Michelin man's wizened uncle.
Blog text (12) -
The Michelin Man, the Spongebob... but the fact that a corpse-like, shy, fearful Mickey Mouse-dressed figure with cauliflower ears will be floating down Central Park West in front of thousands of giddy tourists is so subversive!
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As a child, I always wanted a plush toy of the Michelin Man for my birthday.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Michelin can also mean the company's mascot, a friendly figure made of stacked tires called Bibendum, and the name Bibendum comes from an old Latin phrase meaning 'now is the time to drink' used in early ads, which is why the mascot looks like a smiling man of tires.