Meaning of will the real someone please stand up | Babel Free

Definitions

A request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.

humorous, idiomatic

Examples

“Will the Real Hymnal Please Stand Up?”

“Will the real Jimmy Carter please stand up? Is it the twice-born Baptist who can preach love and compassion with true fervor? Or is it the tough relentless office-seeker with a pious front of “religiosity?””

“WILL THE REAL CHARLIE BROWN PLEASE STAND UP?”

“Will the Real SPP Please Stand Up”

“Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?”

“I remember that moment when the host of the show would say, “Will the real Mr. X please stand up.” One fake would start out of his chair and then, bashfully, the real person would stand up to studio applause. There have been moments when I wanted to ask, “Would the real Mr. Arafat please stand up,” but they have been very fleeting.”

“May I have your attention please? Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? I repeat Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? We're gonna have a problem here.”

“[delurk][long] will the real goth please stand up […] but am I Goth? Am I NotaGoth? Am I a Closet Goth? Is there a 12 step program? Am I welcome?”

“BOOKENDS: Will the Real Jonathan Safran Foer Please Stand Up?”

“Will The Real Woodhall Spa Please Stand up? / This was it folks, the REAL Woodhall Spa.”

“Will the real you please stand up? : 7 spiritual strategies to help you discover your purpose and live it with passion”

“‘Would the ‘real’ girl gamer please stand up?’ Gender, LAN cafes and the reformulation of the ‘girl’ gamer”

“Racing the Archive: Will the Real William DuBois Please Stand Up?”

“Will the Real Hooded Man Please Stand Up”

“Will the Real Blue-Eyed Soul Artists Please Stand Up?”

“Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up”

“Will the real Alberta please stand up?”

“Claiborne Holmes Kinnard V, Franklin, Tenn., “Will the real Bruiser please stand up?””

“‘Will the Real Boccherini Please Stand Up’: New Light on an Eighteenth-Century Portrait in the National Gallery of Victoria”

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