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A malaphor combining the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?. Compare does the Pope shit in the woods?.
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is a bear Catholic
is a bear Cath·ol·icToday it means: A rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes: duh!, obviously!, of course! Full definition →