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::: It's quoted in the article with a capital letter but I do not own this comic to check. [[User:Bongolium500|Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500)]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC) | ::: It's quoted in the article with a capital letter but I do not own this comic to check. [[User:Bongolium500|Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500)]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC) | ||
::: If you don't mind me bumping this discussion a whole 16 months late, to make a case for ''not'' splitting this page, I'd like to share this excerpt from Wikipedia's page on the character: | ::: If you don't mind me bumping this discussion a whole 16 months late, to make a case for ''not'' splitting this page, I'd like to share this excerpt from Wikipedia's page on the character: | ||
{{quote|The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character '''has led to the everyday term "Grinch"''' coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude.|{{w|Grinch|''Grinch'', Wikipedia}} | {{quote|The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character '''has led to the everyday term "Grinch"''' coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude.|{{w|Grinch|''Grinch'', Wikipedia}}}} | ||
::: tl;dr version: Dr. Suess affectively coined the term with the character. And since Wikipedia itself doesn't seem to distinguish between the character and the term… [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:03, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | ::: tl;dr version: Dr. Suess affectively coined the term with the character. And since Wikipedia itself doesn't seem to distinguish between the character and the term… [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:03, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | ||
