Blame and Reference

Blame

Blame verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.

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Reference and blame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a verb "Blame".

Nearby Words: blameless, blamed, blaming, blameful

Reference verb - Refer to.

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Blame and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blame" instead a verb "Reference".

full	full blame	full reference
many	many blame	many reference
actual	actual blame	actual reference
entire	entire blame	entire reference
Other adjectives: real, huge, little.

There was a Wild West episode, a joshikousei episode, a Magical Girl episode (which was really a Sailor Moon episode, but you can't blame them for having Small Reference Pools)...

Source: Parody Episode
Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar dreams of millions of people in the future "mentioning [his] name... and leaving [him] the blame" for the death of Christ, a probable reference to the Apostles' Creed ("He suffered under Pontius Pilate...").

Source: Dreaming of Things to Come
They reference the idea that partaking too much of a medium can make you violent/detached from reality, but then say essentially that the manga isn't to blame- they're just sadistic and would use techniques from television and books if they were given the chance.

Source: Murder Simulators

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