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* ArchEnemy: At varying times this role has been filled by James Goldsmith, Robert Maxwell, Creator/JeffreyArcher, Rupert Murdoch, Piers Morgan and Mohammed Al Fayed among others. Of these, Maxwell and Archer are the most infamous. Hislop mentions that Maxwell and Archer were the longest-term enemies; Archer was the longest, whilst Maxwell was the biggest, with his numerous libel writs. It took the Eye 40 years before Jeffrey was put away. Hislop mentions Jeffrey as being their most satisfying scalp; Maxwell's trickery was only exposed after he died whilst Jeffrey, who, to Hislop, embodied the "vice, folly, and humbug" of the modern politician, could know he was beaten from his prison cell:
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* ArchEnemy: At varying times this role has been filled by James Goldsmith, Robert Maxwell, Creator/JeffreyArcher, Rupert Murdoch, Piers Morgan and Mohammed Al Fayed among others. Of these, Maxwell and Archer are the most infamous. Hislop mentions that Maxwell and Archer were the longest-term enemies; Archer was the longest, whilst Maxwell was the biggest, with his numerous libel writs.writs; the final one of which was framed and is kept in the office. It took the Eye 40 years before Jeffrey was put away. Hislop mentions Jeffrey as being their most satisfying scalp; Maxwell's trickery was only exposed after he died whilst Jeffrey, who, to Hislop, embodied the "vice, folly, and humbug" of the modern politician, could know he was beaten from his prison cell:
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** In the 2020s the magazine has been accused of reverting due to a series of stories and cartoons sympathetic to "gender critical" feminists.
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** In the 2020s the magazine has been accused of reverting due to a series of stories and cartoons sympathetic to "gender critical" feminists.feminists; it's a bit more understandable (but not excusable) that the Eye is doing this, because pretty much every other organ on Fleet Street is doing it too.
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** In the 2020s the magazine has been accused of reverting due to a series of stories and cartoons sympathetic to "gender critical" transphobic feminists.
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** In the 2020s the magazine has been accused of reverting due to a series of stories and cartoons sympathetic to "gender critical" transphobic feminists.
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* SelectiveStupidity:
** There's a regular feature called "Dumb Britain", which lists wrong answers given to supposedly simple questions by quiz show contestants.
** Often criticised in the letters pages. One 'dumb answer' was to the question 'Where do Panama hats come from" which was answered with 'Luton'.[[note]]A city that used to be famous for its hatmaking industry in the early 20th century.[[/note]] A letter pointed out that this was a perfectly reasonable response since the answer was obviously not 'Panama'.
** There's a regular feature called "Dumb Britain", which lists wrong answers given to supposedly simple questions by quiz show contestants.
** Often criticised in the letters pages. One 'dumb answer' was to the question 'Where do Panama hats come from" which was answered with 'Luton'.[[note]]A city that used to be famous for its hatmaking industry in the early 20th century.[[/note]] A letter pointed out that this was a perfectly reasonable response since the answer was obviously not 'Panama'.
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* "Yobs" or "Yobbettes" when the story features females. A Strip which features (un)working class people behaving [[ShapedLikeItself yobbishly]].
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* "Yobs" or "Yobbettes" when the story features females. A Strip which features (un)working class people behaving [[ShapedLikeItself yobbishly]]. Discontinued in 2023 following the cartoonist's death.
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* Craig Brown's Diary: Spoof diary of politician or celebrity, usually based on the assumption that their private life is exactly like their public life (So PrinceCharles spends all his time worrying about architecture, UsefulNotes/BarackObama can only talk in inspirational speeches, and so on). Made into a [[Creator/TheBBC Radio 4]] series as ''The Lost Diaries''.
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* Craig Brown's Diary: Spoof diary of politician or celebrity, usually based on the assumption that their private life is exactly like their public life (So PrinceCharles the then [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Prince Charles]] spends all his time worrying about architecture, UsefulNotes/BarackObama can only talk in inspirational speeches, and so on). Made into a [[Creator/TheBBC Radio 4]] series as ''The Lost Diaries''.
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* ArcNumber: 94. This derives from a common gag where a long run-on list or article will end in "cont. page 94", the joke being that the ''Eye'' is obviously nowhere near thick enough to actually have a page 94. While this joke is still used straight, the number has become iconic and representative of the ''Eye'' itself, so is now found in other context--any parody of a topical media that involves numbers will use it (e.g. ''The Number 23'' is parodied as ''The Number 94'').
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* ArcNumber: 94. This derives from a common gag where a long run-on list or article will end in "cont. page 94", the joke being that the ''Eye'' is obviously nowhere near thick enough to actually have a page 94. While this joke is still used straight, the number has become iconic and representative of the ''Eye'' itself, so is now found in other context--any parody of a topical media that involves numbers will use it (e.g. ''The Number 23'' is parodied as ''The Number 94''). As noted above, it also appears in the name of their podcast.
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* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional African country of "Rumbabwe, formerly British Rumbabaland".
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* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional African country of "Rumbabwe, formerly British Rumbabaland". (It’s also a pun on rum baba, a dessert featuring cake soaked in a rum sauce with cream.)
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** South African president Jacob Zuma has been referred to as Shagga Zulu ever since his trial for rape (and subsequent claim that showering reduces the risk of HIV transmission. It really, ''really'', '''''really''''' doesn't).
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** South African president Jacob Zuma has been referred to as [[UsefulNotes/ShakaZulu Shagga Zulu Zulu]] ever since his trial for rape (and subsequent claim that showering reduces the risk of HIV transmission. It really, ''really'', '''''really''''' doesn't).
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Taken to ridiculous extremes by "Family_man", one of the commenters in ''From The Messageboards'', whose {{catchphrase}} is "Any of these (subject of news) come near my girls and I swear I'll do time".* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional African country of "Rumbabwe, formerly British Rumbabaland".
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Taken to ridiculous extremes by "Family_man", one of the commenters in ''From The Messageboards'', whose {{catchphrase}} is "Any of these (subject of news) come near my girls and I swear I'll do time".time".
* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional African country of "Rumbabwe, formerly British Rumbabaland".
* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional African country of "Rumbabwe, formerly British Rumbabaland".
