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Why would being called "Mr. Yellow" be undesirable?
"Yellow" is slang for being cowardly.
e.g. per Urban Dictionary
To be cowardly, or a pussy
Maybe Oxford English Dictionary is a better place to see this meaning as Urban Dictionary seems a ...
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What does man eater upper mean?
It's a conflation of two different phrases, man-eater and eat up.
To eat up means to consume all of something, it's often used by parents to encourage children to finish their vegetables. I.e. "...
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Why are there no significant female characters in "Reservoir Dogs"?
Tarantino said of this decision, "There were no female characters in Reservoir Dogs because the movie took place over the course of an hour in this warehouse after this robbery. These guys aren't ...
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What does "parked in the red zone" mean?
"a hostage cop tied to a chair" and "parked in the red zone" are two faces of the same coin. In both cases you'll be in trouble with the police.
The fun resides in the seriousness ...
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What does “diddled-eyed Joe to a damned-if-I-know” mean?
I read somewhere that "it's a 'Tarantinoism'".
Drexl Spivey: Grab a seat, boy. Grab yourself an egg roll. We got everything here from a diddle-eyed-Joe to a damned-if-I-know. True Romance
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What did Joe mean by saying "Ain't that the sad truth" in this particular scene?
What Joe meant by saying "Ain't that the sad truth"?
Forget about it said Captain Obvious.
To me, that's exactly that: a lapalissade, expressed with different words. You have many ways, ...
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What does the title "Reservoir Dogs" mean?
The title “Reservoir Dogs” is more of a “mood title” than anything else, according to Quentin Tarantino.
He said this in a press conference at the Toronto World Film Festival in 1992.
The text of the ...
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