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Pepe Le Pew
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English
Alternative forms
Pepé Le Pew
Etymology
From the cartoon character Pepé Le Pew.
Noun
A pushy lothario, especially one with a distinct odor.
en July 2, 2015 Dusknoir_Don pokemon 3bwlyw csqctr1 [Anime Spoiler] Oh Sycamore... Sycamore is like the Pepe Le Pew of the pokemon anime. https://web.archive.org/web/20260807000745/https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/3bwlyw/comment/csqctr1/ August 6, 2026
en I realized the infatuation wasn't mutual. Yet the Valentine's party would be my chance to make more than eye contact. It would be my opportunity to save Crystal from a more unworthy suitor: Rodney Hunter, the Pepe Le Pew of the seventh grade. Rodney's life glistened like a Pepsodent commercial. He maintained a weekly girlfriend quota that, for others, would have been a lifetime achievement. He wore a necklace of sharks' teeth, shirts that buttoned at the navel and pants that were tighter than skin on fruit. 56 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moe_Howard_Died_for_Our_Sins/ZX0O0M5RawIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+pepe+le+pew+of%22&pg=PA56&printsec=frontcover Moe Howard Died for Our Sins: Made-To-Fit Tales for the Maladjusted Dale Andrew White 2004
en May 1, 2025 FaithlessnessSame357 Modern_Family 1krltqp mteg49s Am I the only one that thinks it’s super weird how Manny sometimes hits on Hailey and Alex? Manny was the Pepe Le Pew of Modern Family. https://web.archive.org/web/20260807000935/https://www.reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/1krltqp/comment/mteg49s/ August 6, 2026
en terms derived from fiction eponyms
en Fictional characters