Jake
Jake adjective - Being to one's liking.
Usage example: once they hook up the game system, everything will be jake around here
Poor
Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Both words in one sentence
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At the end of the episode, Jake learns that his grades are too poor to even be accepted into military school, defusing the threat.
Source: Military School -
Also inverts the trope Beauty Is Never Tarnished, as poor Beth's face looks like it's been rearranged after one of Jake's benders.
Source: Film / Once Were Warriors - Poor, Predictable Rock: Subverted when Jake beats Ray at Rock Paper Scissors; being a pig, Jake has hooves and can only make "rock", so he has to psych out Ray to make him keep choosing scissors.
Source: Western Animation / Life's A Zoo
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