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Meaning: (idiomatic,humorous)A request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.1972fall quarter, James W. Chapman,The Chaplain, page53:Will the Real Hymnal Please Stand Up?1976,Marquis Childs, “Glimpses of The Real Carter”, inThe Washington Post:Will the real Jimmy Carter please stand up? Is it the twice-born Baptist who can preach love and compassion with true fervor? Or is it the tough relentless office-seeker with a pious front of “religiosity?”1977July, D. C. Owens, “Softball at NRMC”, inThe Clipper, volume11, number 2, Memphis, Tenn.: Naval Regional Medical Center, page 7:WILL THE REAL CHARLIE BROWN PLEASE STAND UP?1980December, “Appendix A: Bibliography of BBN Packet Radio Temporary Notes”, inCommand and Control Related Computer Technology: Packet Radio(Report No. 4340), prepared forDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency, page33:Will the Real SPP Please Stand Up1982, Barbara Morgenroth,Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Juniper Books,→ISBN:Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?1996March 18,Barbara Amiel, “The stream of anti-Israeli vitriol”, inMaclean’s[1], archived fromthe originalon15 October 2022:I remember that moment when the host of the show would say, “Will the real Mr. X please stand up.” One fake would start out of his chair and then, bashfully, the real person would stand up to studio applause. There have been moments when I wanted to ask, “Would the real Mr. Arafat please stand up,” but they have been very fleeting.2000,Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady",The Marshall Mathers LP:May I have your attention please?Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?I repeatWill the real Slim Shady please stand up?We're gonna have a problem here.2001March 26, n4ca,aus.culture.gothic(Usenet):[delurk][long]will the real goth please stand up[…]but am I Goth? Am I NotaGoth? Am I a Closet Goth? Is there a 12 step program? Am I welcome?2005April 13, Leon Neyfakh,Harvard Crimson[2]:BOOKENDS:Will the Real Jonathan Safran Foer Please Stand Up?2006September 8, Tim Hallam,Geograph Britain and Ireland[3]:Will The Real Woodhall Spa Please Stand up?/ This was it folks, the REAL Woodhall Spa.2007, Fran Harris,Will the Real You Please Stand Up?, Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc.,→ISBN:Will therealyou please stand up? : 7 spiritual strategies to help you discover your purpose and live it with passion2007, Catherine Beavis, Claire Charles,Gender and Education, volume19, page691:‘Would the ‘real’ girl gamer please stand up?’ Gender, LAN cafes and the reformulation of the ‘girl’ gamer2007, Shannon Rose Riley,English Language Notes:Racing the Archive:Will the Real William DuBois Please Stand Up?2007August 15, Errol Morris,The New York Times[4], section “Opinionator”:Will theRealHooded Man Please Stand Up2007October 9, Retannical D. Russell,PLAYBACK:stl[5], archived fromthe originalon11 October 2007:Will the Real Blue-Eyed Soul Artists Please Stand Up?2008,Gerry Ryan,Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up,Penguin Ireland,→ISBN:Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up2010, Geo Takach,Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?,The University of Alberta Press,→ISBN:Will the real Alberta please stand up?2011fall,EHS: The Magazine of Episcopal High School, volume63, number 2, page61:Claiborne Holmes Kinnard V, Franklin, Tenn., “Will the real Bruiser please stand up?”2015December 25, Mark D. Shepheard,Art, Site and Spectacle: Studies in Early Modern Visual Culture:‘Will the Real Boccherini Please Stand Up’: New Light on an Eighteenth-Century Portrait in the National Gallery of Victoria
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