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"text": "1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, →ISBN, page 33,\n\"But you're a girl,\" the guy said in surprise. This guy was getting on my nerves. \"You are Captain Obvious, aren't you?\" I shot back."
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"text": "The larger of the two specifications is known as Wide SCSI-2 because it's wider (Captain Obvious rides again).",
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"ref": "2002, Cathryn Michon, The Grrl Genius Guide to Life, HarperCollins, page 145",
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"ref": "2002, Tee Morris, Steve Oakley, Premiere 6.5 Power!, Thomson Course Technology, page 240",
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"ref": "2013, Kaleb Nation, Harken, VOLT, page 38",
"text": "“Do you know who that is?” he said, pointing both hands at the screen. / “Harold…Wolf…?” the class stated the obvious in slow, disjointed unison. Mr. Candas looked ready to jump off a roof. / “Thank you, Captains Obvious,” he murmured.",
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"ref": "2022, Questlove [pseudonym; Ahmir K. Thompson], “Evolver”, in Revolver, Apple Corps, page 17, column 1",
"text": "Captains Obvious point to Sgt. Pepper’s as the source but, in reality, it’s Revolver. It comes from here, and it goes there and everywhere.",
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"text": "1994, L. E. Blair, Drummer Girl (Girl Talk series, vol. 12), Golden Books Publishing, →ISBN, page 33,\n\"But you're a girl,\" the guy said in surprise. This guy was getting on my nerves. \"You are Captain Obvious, aren't you?\" I shot back."
},
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"ref": "1995, Rob Stokes and the Minds of Quirk, eMarketing, Рипол Классик, page 82",
"text": "Text links, by their very nature, contain text (thank you, Captain Obvious).",
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},
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"ref": "1998, David Groth, A+: Core Module Study Guide, Sybex, page 189",
"text": "The larger of the two specifications is known as Wide SCSI-2 because it's wider (Captain Obvious rides again).",
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},
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"ref": "2002, Cathryn Michon, The Grrl Genius Guide to Life, HarperCollins, page 145",
"text": "The Qiana-wearing slacker next to me poked me on the shoulder and said, \"We totally knew it was you in the bathroom!\" Well, thank you, Captain Obvious, I thought.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2002, Tee Morris, Steve Oakley, Premiere 6.5 Power!, Thomson Course Technology, page 240",
"text": "Hold the camera properly. No, I'm not playing Captain Obvious here, but there is a certain way to hold a DV camera to avoid jittery movement.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Kaleb Nation, Harken, VOLT, page 38",
"text": "“Do you know who that is?” he said, pointing both hands at the screen. / “Harold…Wolf…?” the class stated the obvious in slow, disjointed unison. Mr. Candas looked ready to jump off a roof. / “Thank you, Captains Obvious,” he murmured.",
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"ref": "2022, Questlove [pseudonym; Ahmir K. Thompson], “Evolver”, in Revolver, Apple Corps, page 17, column 1",
"text": "Captains Obvious point to Sgt. Pepper’s as the source but, in reality, it’s Revolver. It comes from here, and it goes there and everywhere.",
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "明知故問的人"
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"roman": "míngzhīgùwèn de rén",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "明知故问的人"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "Kapitano Evidenta"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "Ilmari Ilmiselvä"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Kapitän Offensichtlich"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "Nyilvánvaló Kapitány"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "milyen meglepő"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "csodák csodája"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "láss csodát"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "Capitan Ovvio"
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "Kapitan Aiqyndyq",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"word": "Капитан Айқындық"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Kapitan Oczywisty"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Capitão Óbvio"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Kapitán Očevídnostʹ",
"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Капита́н Очеви́дность"
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"sense": "someone who makes superfluous statements",
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"word": "Capitán Obvio"
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