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Why do the Browns have an elf for a mascot?

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The story of Brownie the Elf the logo begins long before the Cleveland Browns adopted the little creature — long before the team even existed, in fact. He also asked for submissions for mascot logos, and after careful consideration chose Brownie as the new face of the team.

Keeping this in view, what kind of dog is the mascot for the Cleveland Browns?

Kevin Griffin, the Browns' vice president of fan experience and marketing, told 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland that a bullmastiff named Swagger will lead players onto the field at FirstEnergy Stadium. Asked to comment on the mascot plans, spokesman Rob McBurnett said more information would be released in the future.

Who is the mascot for the Cleveland Browns?

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What is the New York Giants mascot?

List of National Football League mascots

Team	Mascot(s)
New Orleans Saints	Gumbo, Sir Saint
New York Giants	none
Philadelphia Eagles	Swoop, Air Swoop
San Francisco 49ers	Sourdough Sam

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What does it mean to be called a brownie?

Pejorative. Jamaican patois and sexual slur for a gay, bisexual or effeminate man. Link to this page: <a href="https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Brownie+(slang)">batty boy</a>

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What is a browny?

Brown as a noun and adjective to describe people with a brownish skin color is often perceived as insulting. Historically it has been used by anthropologists and scientists as a racial and ethnic classification to describe various dark-skinned populations, as in North Africa, the Middle East, Malaysia, and South Asia.

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What does it mean when someone says brownie points?

Brownie points in modern usage are a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another, often one's superior.

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Why do they call it brownie points?

Credit for a good deed, as in John earned a lot of brownie points for doing his boss's report for him. The term originated with the points earned for various achievements by the youngest group of the Girl Scouts, called Brownies.

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What does it mean to be caught with your pants down?

Be surprised in an embarrassing or guilty posture, as in We spent a lot of time preparing for the inspection; we didn't want to get caught with our pants down. This phrase presumably alludes to someone's pants being lowered to attend to bathroom needs but is not considered particularly vulgar.

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What does it mean to get caught with your pants down?

caught with (one's) pants down. Taken by surprise. Caught in a vulnerable (often embarrassing) position or situation. When the boss started firing questions at me, I was caught with my pants down and looked like a fool. I just hadn't considered all of those potential outcomes yet and didn't know what to say!

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What is the meaning of the idiom close but no cigar?

The expression started in the US in the twentieth century, and is said to originate from the practice of fairground stalls giving out cigars as prizes. This phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize. "She made a good attempt at catching the baseball. Close, but no cigar."

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What does the idiom barking up the wrong tree?

Barking up the wrong tree is an idiomatic expression in English, which is used to suggest a mistaken emphasis in a specific context. The phrase is an allusion to the mistake made by dogs when they believe they have chased a prey up a tree, but the game may have escaped by leaping from one tree to another.

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What does the idiom Cut to the Chase mean?

"Cut to the chase" is a phrase that means to get to the point without wasting time. The saying originated from early film studios' silent films. It was a favorite of, and thought to have been coined by, Hal Roach Sr.

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What does it mean to be cut to the quick?

cut to the quick. Deeply wound or distress, as in His criticism cut her to the quick. This phrase uses the quick in the sense of a vital or a very sensitive part of the body, such as under the fingernails.

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Who cut the cheese meaning?

: CUT THE CHEESE -- Since the late 1800s "cut" in various phrases meant "to expel intestinal gas." 1899 - To cut one's finger, is to break wind. Another reference says the phrase "cut the cheese" was used earlier but with a different meaning: 1895 Gore, Student Slang, 17: Cut no cheese.

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Why do we say cut the mustard?

As with many slang and idiomatic phrases, the origin can be a bit unclear. The modern sense of the idiom is 'to succeed; to have the ability to do something; to come up to expectations', but the phrase is most often used in the negative form, as “can't cut the mustard,” meaning 'not able to handle the job'.

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Why do they call it cut the cheese?

The adjective "cheesy" can be used figuratively to refer to anything that smells bad, such as fermented cheese. Eventually, "cutting the cheese" was later applied figuratively to refer to flatulence, because like cutting a smelly block cheese, a fart can suddenly cause a smelly odor to broadcast over a wide area.

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What does it mean for a check to be cut?

I'm not sure where the phrase originated, but “cut a check” is used in business to mean that the business will write (or process on a computer) a check to pay a vendor or someone else. Individual owners of checkbooks related to personal bank accounts write a check.

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What does it mean to cheese a game?

In a gaming scene the word cheese is used to describe strategies or ways of playing that are really powerful and do not require much skill from the players side at the same time. The term is widely used both in video games and tabletop games alike.

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What does cheddar mean in slang?

Meaning: Slang term for money. Derived from the fact Americans on welfare used to receive cheese as part of their benefits. In recent times the etymology of this phrase has developed further - our American friends often describe cash as 'cheddar'.

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What is a cheese strategy?

Definition[edit] Cheese is a pejorative expression which refers to a strategy that is highly unconventional and designed to take one's opponent by surprise. In general, cheese is hard to beat if not scouted but easy to defeat if it is scouted.

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Why do the Browns have an elf as a mascot?

The story of Brownie the Elf the logo begins long before the Cleveland Browns adopted the little creature — long before the team even existed, in fact. He also asked for submissions for mascot logos, and after careful consideration chose Brownie as the new face of the team.

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Which NFL teams do not have a mascot?

only the New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and Washington Redskins have no official team mascots - the other 28 teams each have at least 1.

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What team has never made it to the Superbowl?

There are four current NFL teams who've never played in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars. But if you think that's depressing, try being a Minnesota Vikings or Buffalo Bills fan. Both teams have appeared in four Super Bowls, but have never won.

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