The Simpsons
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- proper noun
- /ðə ˈsɪmp.sənz/
- Many iconic characters from The Simpsons have become part of pop culture, like Homer and Bart.
- creator of The Simpsons
- episodes of The Simpsons
- watch The Simpsons
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Watch on YouTubeIs Matt Groening, the guy who created The Simpsons, right on the flight logs?
- Is Matt Groening, the guy who created The Simpsons, right on the flight logs?
- So without further ado, let's dig into The Simpsons, The Day the Violence Died.
- You walked out on me when I said I didn't see The Simpsons.
- Like if we watch cartoons, it was like The Simpsons.
- And then my favorite blush of the year is from The Simpsons Collection and it is in the color pink sprinkles.
- My my mom, who is very conscious of this and my dad, they didn't let me watch The Simpsons.
- And I do that by signing using the name C Montgomery Burns, the aging tycoon from The Simpsons.
- I also cried watching The Simpsons movie in the one scene where she tapes over the tape.
- My first guest tonight is an Emmy award-winning actor whose voice stars in The Simpsons and whose face stars in the new IFC series, Brock Meyer.
- And that led to I, we got to go to a we got to go to a reading a script reading on The Simpsons writing room, which was like fantasy camp times million.
- But the theory I heard was that he agreed to be on The Simpsons on the one condition that he could spend the night with Bart Simpson.
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So the last episode of The Simpsons addressed this Hari Kondabolu issue.
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Speaking of extremists, did anyone else catch the Simpsons last night?
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Somebody has to tell me that this happened on The Simpsons before it made sense.
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I also think the kids get a kick out of knowing I watch The Simpsons and am paying attention to pop culture.
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Would he have appeared on The Simpsons?
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The opening credit sequence for The Simpsons has changed throughout its 20+ year run, but one thing has always stayed the same.
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I also cried watching The Simpsons movie in the one scene where she tapes over the tape.
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Is this the first time you've seen the Simpsons?
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From James Beard Award glory to a cameo on The Simpsons, the dude seemed simply inescapable.
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My first guest tonight is an Emmy award-winning actor whose voice stars in The Simpsons and whose face stars in the new IFC series, Brock Meyer.
Synonyms
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A cartoon family who live in the Stone Age in an American TV show
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An American cartoon about a family living in a high-tech future
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + Simpsons
The form 'The Simpsons' transparently combines the definite article with a plural surname, so a learner who knows the words can infer it refers to the Simpson family or a group named Simpson. However, recognising it specifically as the popular American animated TV show/franchise requires cultural world knowledge beyond the constituents, so the full meaning is not fully derivable.
Etymology
The Simpsons comes from cartoon maker Matt Groening. He named the family after his real relatives, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie, and made Bart a naughty boy whose name hints at 'brat'. That's why the name now stands for the long-running 'TV show', the cartoon 'family', and the wider 'franchise'.