Ned Flanders
Ned Flanders noun: a nice -- perhaps annoyingly nice -- person, especially a neighbor, who is cheery, naive, conservative in politics and in Christian faith and who may be perceived as boring, one-note or simplistic.
Noun
Ned Flanders (plural Ned Flanderses)
- A nice -- perhaps annoyingly nice -- person, especially a neighbor, who is cheery, naive, conservative in politics and in Christian faith and who may be perceived as boring, one-note or simplistic.
- Even Highway to Heaven, an '80s show that was a little less overtly Christian but definitely was heavy on the religious overtones, ran for 111 episodes. The Ned Flanderses of the world need entertainment, and they don't care how tedious, poorly written, and inane it is. If it's sweet and reinforces...2024, Chris Morgan, 99 Episodes That Defined the '90s: Television Milestones from Arsenio to Homer to Yada Yada Yada, McFarland Incorporated, page 170
- DOWN IN THE Players and Player Characters section of this book, Erica writes about one-note characters, the Ned Flanders of role-playing games.2020, Aron Christensen, Erica Lindquist, Loaded Dice 2, Loose Leaf Stories
Examples of Ned Flanders in a sentence
- The Ned Flanderses of the world need entertainment, and they don't care how tedious, poorly written, and inane it is.2024, Chris Morgan, 99 Episodes That Defined the '90s: Television Milestones from Arsenio to Homer to Yada Yada Yada, McFarland...
- They are the Ned Flanders of snack foods.2017, Josh Scherer, The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook, Grand Central Publishing:
- On the other side of the spectrum, the local Ned Flanderses generally preferred to ignore the major local industry.2013, Doug Fine, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution, Penguin Publishing Group, page 75:
- But Kittle knows there's a benefit to acting like Ned Flanders in the middle of such a violent sport.2022, Tyler Dunne, The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football, Grand Central Publishing:
Forms of Ned Flanders
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Origin of Ned Flanders
From the fictional character Ned Flanders of the television show The Simpsons.
Questions about Ned Flanders
- What does Ned Flanders mean?
- Ned Flanders means a nice -- perhaps annoyingly nice -- person, especially a neighbor, who is cheery, naive, conservative in politics and in Christian faith and who may be perceived as boring, one-note or simplistic.
- How do you use Ned Flanders in a sentence?
- The Ned Flanderses of the world need entertainment, and they don't care how tedious, poorly written, and inane it is.
- What part of speech is Ned Flanders?
- Ned Flanders is a noun.
- What is the plural of Ned Flanders?
- The plural of Ned Flanders is Ned Flanderses.
Words near Ned Flanders in the dictionary
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