Canon and Saying

Canon

Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Saying and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saying" instead a noun "Canon".

Nearby Words: canonical, canonization, canonize

Saying noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.

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Canon and saying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canon" instead a noun "Saying".

Nearby Word: say

old	old canon	old saying
normal	normal canon	normal saying
original	original canon	original saying
true	true canon	true saying
Other adjectives: proper, actual, real, important, older, giant, biblical.

Its only connection to the Gunnerverse (apart from Word of God saying that City Face is canon) is that the actors include Zimmy, Gamma and City Face, the pigeon Kat rescued.

Source: Show Within A Show / Web Comics
Obligatory Swearing: Hermione, who doesn't say anything stronger than "arse" in canon and that was her equivalent of a Precision F-Strike, is now saying "fuck" every other word.

Source: Fanfic / Hermione's Talent
Though if you take the live action films to be canon, Velma lampshades it by saying something about Scrappy not being a puppy, that he really just has a pituitary gland problem.

Source: Not Allowed to Grow Up

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