Homer Simpson

English Etymology Name of an amiable but stupid character who gorges on beer and doughnuts in the long-running animated television series The Simpsons. Officially named after creator Matt Groening's father, Homer Groening, but also said to be named after a character in Nathanael West's novel The Day of the Locust (1939). Noun A person who is foolish, easily distracted, and/or gluttonous. en 2001 Brent Peterson The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing A few months of this torture, and even the finest treads may begin to resemble a donut with a Homer Simpson-size bite out of it. en 2002 Weekly World News 24 16 December Find out if you owe birth to an Albert Einstein or a Homer Simpson! en 2004 Serge P Shohov; Frank H Columbus Advances in Psychology Research Sample insults calling the recipient a slut, a bookworm, bucktoothed; characterizing them as having a "Homer Simpson gut," a crooked ponytail... en 2005 Tony Carlson The How of WOW: A Guide to Giving a Speech that Will Positively Blow 'em Away I struggle to remember even a Homer-Simpson handful of them, even those that arose from my own fevered keyboard. en 2009 Todd Tucker Atomic America One of the employees, apparently a Homer Simpson prototype, "goosed" the man... Related terms en Homer Simpsonian en pull a Homer Anagrams en ehimmnooprss neomorphisms en terms derived from The Simpsons en Fictional characters The Simpsons en eponyms