Idea
Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.
Manner
Manner noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.
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How words are described
| exact | exact idea | exact manner |
| similar | similar idea | similar manner |
| evil | evil idea | evil manner |
| horrible | horrible idea | horrible manner |
| Other adjectives: interesting, silly, traditional, possible, ridiculous, odd, different, awesome. | ||
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The movie Men at Work has the two leads strip off their sanitation worker coveralls to reveal their surfing outfits for a little recreation in a similar manner to this idea.
Source: Spy-Tux Reveal - Relating to the above Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds moment, a recurring theme is that repressing mental trauma instead of dealing with it in a healthy manner is a really bad idea.
Source: Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped -
A discarded scene idea from the first film was to have another human sent back from the future die in exactly this manner.
Source: Sphere of Destruction
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