biblically accurate

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Etymology

Likely from Bible verses such as Revelation 4:8 describing angels as having many eyes and wings; such depictions are said to be more "accurate" than humanoid ones. Popularized as an Internet meme around 2019–2020.

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biblically accurate (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings.
    Hyponym: multiocular
    • 2019 December 26, @slhawthorn, Twitter‎[1] (post), archived from the original on 2 August 2022:
      My family doesn't appreciate my biblically accurate angel cookie
      [Attached photograph of a cookie covered in cartoony eyes made of frosting]
    • 2022 April 30, queersatanic, quoting @Pxlutopia, Tumblr‎[2], archived from the original on 30 September 2023:
      biblically accurate engels
      [Attached photograph of Friedrich Engels with four extra eyes edited onto his forehead]
    • 2023 September 30, @earth222carol, X (formerly Twitter)‎[3] (post), archived from the original on 30 September 2023:
      borzóis[sic] are biblically accurate dogs
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biblically,‎ accurate.

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