Here are a few terms that, despite the names, their etymological origins might be confused or misassociated with Muppets:
1. Gonzo journalism (noun): A form of journalism in which facts are deemed to be less important than perceived underlying truth (especially where deliberately altered consciousness is involved); first believed to be used in 1970 to describe an article by journalist Hunter S. Thompson, who later popuarized the style.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_journalism
According to wiktionary, "gonzo" as an adjective refers to this particular style, and as a noun refers to a wild and crazy person.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gonzo
Even though The Great Gonzo's daredevil stunts may seem "wild and crazy", the only time he's ever been remotely connected with the news biz to date was in TGMC as the
Daily Chronicle's photographer, not a reporter.
2. Bork (verb): To defeat a judicial nomination through a concerted attack on the nominee's character, background and philosophy
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bork
This particular definition, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the Swedish Chef, was named after Robert Bork, whom Ronald Reagan nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, only to have the Senate vote 58-42 against his confirmation by a carefully orchestrated attack on his character (especially in the mass media), to thwart and deny his potential appointment as an Associate Justice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork
3. Waldorf education (noun): A humanistic approach to educational methods, based on the educational philosophy of Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.
(not to be confused with Statler's long-time partner of the same name)
The first such school based upon Steiner's ideas was opened at Stuttgart, Germany in 1919 in response to a request by Emil Molt, the owner and managing director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company. The original Waldorf school was formed as an independent institution licensed by the local government as an exploratory model with special freedoms.
Steiner specified four conditions:
1. that the school be open to all children
2. that it be co-educational (not separated into all-male or all-female classrooms)
3. that it be a unified twelve-year school
4. that the teachers, those individuals actually in contact with the children, have primary control over the pedagogy (education and teaching duties) of the school, with a minimum of interference from the state or economic sources.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education
John Jacob Astor (1763 - 1848) multimillionaire, fur trapper and businessman, was born in Walldorf, Germany as the first prominent member of the Astor dynasty in North America.
Astoria, Oregon and the Astoria neighborhood in northwest Queens, NY are among the notable places named after John Jacob Astor, while the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel's namesake was William Waldorf Astor, great-grandson of the aforementioned John Jacob Astor.
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and your right, the 2011 movie was enough but he went and outdid himself in MMW, anyways I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of him in the near future : )
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