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Mary Sue

[ mer-ee soo, mair-ee ]

noun

  1. a fictional character, especially a female character, who is considered to be unrealistically competent, attractive, and lacking in flaws, and is sometimes thought to be an idealized representation of the author.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Mary Sue1

First recorded in 1975–80; after the main character in a Star Trek fan fiction parody story
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In the culinary world, few partnerships exemplify this as well as chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, who have worked side by side since the mid-1980s, helming the iconic Border Grill and building a culinary empire together.

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Back in the 1990s, chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger took over Food Network with “Too Hot Tamales,†launching them into celebrity chef status before that was even a thing.

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Mary Sue Milliken, chef and co-founder of Mundo Hospitality Group, whose restaurants include Socalo, Border Grill and Alice B, said she hopes the entire restaurant industry will one day turn to a service-charge model and get away from tipping, which she said can lead to “bad behavior†and an inequitable system where front-of-house workers get paid exponentially better than back-of-house employees.

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Mary Sue Molnar, executive director of Texas Voices for Reasons and Justice, a nonprofit that supports people required to register as sex offenders and their families, said she hopes the extent of any proposed law remains limited and doesn’t group everybody into the same category.

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But Judge Mary Sue Wilson said that Washington’s secretary of state had acted “consistent with his duties†by including Mr. Trump.

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