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Lisa Simpson
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English
Etymology
After the character in the animated television sitcom The Simpsons.
Noun
A precociously smart and organized girl who may be perceived as a pushy know-it-all, a goody two-shoes and a bore.
en https://archive.org/details/micro_IA41153414_0208/page/n32/mode/1up?q=%22lisa+simpsons%22 This is why getting the Lisa Simpsons of the world to sit down with the Joan Walters [director of the Bureau of the Budget] and David Roberts [director of the Department on Aging] of the world was so important 33 Voices for Illinois Children, 1996-1997 Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago 1997
en Funny thing though, Sierra was such a goody-two-shoes that this would probably never apply to her, but regardless, it made her content. She was the Lisa Simpson of the family, at least that's what her parents would tell her all the time. The Redwoods Kayando Wolf 2020 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Redwoods/5-ryDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
en Scully knows Napier's constant off the top of her head: the Lisa Simpson of the FBI. Orion X-Treme Possibilities: A Paranoid Rummage Through The X-Files Paul Cornell, Martin Day, Keith Topping 2013 https://www.google.com/books/edition/X_Treme_Possibilities/gyEWAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
en attended. I was the Lisa Simpson of the office—informed, well-meaning, but, I'm sure, really annoying. And by being a "good girl" (groan, GOD, no), I was given responsibilities far beyond my pay grade, which helped me climb the corporate ladder with speed. 179 Random House Publishing Group Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way Tara Schuster 2024
Related terms
en Homer Simpson
en terms derived from The Simpsons
en Fictional characters The Simpsons
en eponyms