sidekick = 'side dish'

[Jonathan Lighter]

What!! You don't know that Robin, Speedy, Kid Flash and the like are
technically called "sidekicks" by members of the trend-setting, artistically
sophisticated graphic-novel community??

Oh, I get it! More super-subtle irony! You had me going for a minute,
Larry...

JL
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 4:18 PM -0400 6/9/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >One of the barbecue chains is advertising meals "with two of your favorite
> >sidekicks." Not real sidekicks. In fact, no cowboy, superhero, or other
> >notable sidekick-related imagery.
> >
> I wouldn't expect superheroes as sidekicks.  Maybe Nat King Coleslaw
> and "Frenchy" Fries.
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> LH
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