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File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000_small.png|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] is the best known and most computationally demonic Tar Baby of modern time. In this 1895 photograph, [[Tar-Baby 9000]] gathers data from Brer Rabbit. | |||
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Revision as of 17:43, 4 June 2016
The Tar-Baby is a fictional character in the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881.
Description
The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit.
The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes.
In modern usage, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional involvement in it.
Nonfiction cross-reference
Fiction cross-reference
Tar-Baby 9000 is the best known and most computationally demonic Tar Baby of modern time. In this 1895 photograph, Tar-Baby 9000 gathers data from Brer Rabbit.
External links
- Tar-Baby @ Wikipedia