Canned
Canned adjective - Using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model.
Usage example: there's a canned quality to the screenplay that reminds you of countless other action movies
Nearby Word: canning
Real
Real adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Both words in one sentence
- Kyoro, who is hardly a "real man" but a defeatist Nice Guy that the girls found harmless, once stated he didn't care for "real coffee" because it was too bitter, and prefers the over-sweetened canned coffee instead.
Source: Real Men Hate Sugar -
Mabel then realizes that the monster Dipper and Wendy talked about is real.In the other half of the lab, Wendy notices that their "Author" looks identical to the mascot for a brand of canned beans.
- Heffer: Well, let's see, there's...pickled banana shavings, gym socks, canned haggis, beetle bladders, real processed head cheese, saltpeter, reconstituted corn sweat, the finest barley and hops...*stops food from moving*...Hmm, now where was I?
Source: Lethal Chef / Western Animation
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