Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Poohnoun

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  slangA shoe.

Winnie the Poohname

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  A talking bear from an English children's book series carrying the same name, noted for his sweet, simple nature, and his love of honey.

  • No amount of Winnie the Poohs on the wall could distract you from seeing the huge bloodstain on the carpet.
  • Even in Europe, where killer bees are not much a menace, we have developed a kind of Winnie-the-Pooh attitude to the bees: they are dangerous, they are unpredictable, and they are usually acting to thwart us.
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  derogatoryslangChinese president Xi Jinping, due to his apparent resemblance.

  • Taiwanese are rushing to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh - representing China's President Xi Jinping - as a defiant symbol of the island's resistance to Chinese war games.[…] Chinese censors have long targeted representations of Winnie the Pooh - created by British author A.A. Milne - over internet memes that compare the fictional bear to China's president.[…] While the Winnie the Pooh patch cannot be found on Chinese social media, Beijing has also been promoting videos and commentary about its drills around Taiwan.
  • "I heard Winnie the Pooh was like garlic to a vampire to the Chinese commies," he said. "Popular arts and music, poetry, dancing and singing is a threat to those in power, and I'm really trying to bring back that rock-and-roll rebellious spirit into music, you know."