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Pokémon
[ poh-kee-mahn, ‐key‐ ]
Trademark.
- a media franchise including video games, animated television series, movies, card games, etc. that depict a fictional class of pet monsters and their trainers.
- a pet monster in this fictional world.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Pokémon1
1995–2000; shortening of Japanese Poketto Monsutā , itself a loan translation of English pocket monsters
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Example Sentences
The new Tumblr Pokémon X Fashion features high-fashion editorials peppered with Pokémon characters.
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But who does he think is the most fashionable Pokémon of all?
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And as it turns out, the song comes from the Pokémon movie, and I didn't know that.
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READ MORE Cain's Absurd 'Pokémon' Quote Presidential candidates usually like to go out with a bang rather than a wimper.
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Several of these cousins, a little older than he was, were into Pokémon cards.
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