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D'oh!
"'''D'oh!'" () is the most famous catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons'', an animated sitcom. It is an exclamation typically used after Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something foolish, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him. All his prominent blood relations—son Bart, daughters Lisa and Maggie, his father, his mother and half-brother—have also been heard to use it themselves in similar circumstances. On a few occasions, Homer's wife Marge and characters outside the family such as Mr. Burns and Sideshow Bob have
bootstrapping
In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to continue or grow without external input. Many analytical techniques are often called bootstrap methods in reference to their self-starting or self-supporting implementation, such as bootstrapping in statistics, in finance, or in linguistics.
Average Joe
a roughly average person, in a national context
the dog ate my homework
common excuse for not having done an assignment
going postal
American slang
race card
idiom
I know it when I see it
Famous expression in US by Potter Stewart related to the case Jacobellis v. Ohio
Tinkerbell effect
expression describing things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them
Loose lips sink ships
English idiom
Playing by ear
Music skill