Clean
Both words in one sentence
- But a trend arose and became inescapable in the mid 1980s after the theatrical release of Revenge of the Nerds and continuing from there, which implies that the majority of good, reliable, honest, clean cut and worthwhile people are physically unattractive or Hollywood Homely and uncool.
Source: Beauty Is Bad - She draws lots of bishonen, gives her male leads very sex-driven and forceful personalities and lots of snarky comments about everything, while making her female leads quite Hollywood Homely (until it's time to clean up) and in constant verge of being corrupted.
Source: Creator / Mayu Shinjo
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Homely and Clean. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/homely
Clean & Homely. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/homely>.
Homely or Clean. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clean/homely.
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