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Big Paper
My first is a ride; my second may make you caper.
My whole comes from a word that means "big paper".
I may teach, explain, entertain, or inflame;
I sometimes amuse, satirize, deride, or cast blame.
What am I?
My whole comes from a word that means "big paper".
I may teach, explain, entertain, or inflame;
I sometimes amuse, satirize, deride, or cast blame.
What am I?
Hint
Think: Funny PapersAnswer
Cartoon. The word comes from the Italian word "cartone", which means "big paper". "Paper" in Italian is "carta", and the suffix "one" means "large". In painting the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo used "cartoons" to draw the figures he wanted to place on the walls and ceiling of the edifice. These were large pieces of paper on which he had drawn the scenes and personages for a particular "giornata", or "day's work". The word later became "cartoon" in English, which came to mean the drawings we see daily in Garfield, Doonsbury, or Blondie, or in political cartoons depicting some of our elected officials or other well-known persons in interesting situations.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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