Sesame Street definition

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A television show for children on PBS, associated with politically correct educational content.
- 1996, Laurie Gunst, Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld, page 171
  
  She parked the car on Rogers Avenue, which she called "Sesame Street," "for the unpredictable theatrics of its inhabitants."
- 2002, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, If it Feels Good: Using the Five Senses to Enhance Your Lovemaking, page 39
  
  A friend of mine described it as "Sesame Street" for adults and that's not a bad characterization.
- 2003, William C. Doster, Elizabeth Schmid, Adrian W. Poitras, Ruth Ward, How to Prepare for the CLEP, page 96
  
  The Sesame Street Generation, as some teachers are calling the group of children now in high school, know their numbers and the letters of the alphabet.
- 2003, Vonette Z. Bright, Nancy Moser The Sister Circle, page 124
  
  "You can't do that if your time is consumed with patty-cake and Sesame Street." Summer turned toward Tessa. "I'm too old for Sesame Street. I know my ABCs."
- a. 2005, Alex Irvine, "Pictures from an Expedition", in Gordon Van Gelder, ed., Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), page 253
  
  It means that even when we go to Mars, we have to look like the cast of Sesame Street.
- 2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim, page 86
  
  Bridget slipped into the room, which had been decorated with a Sesame Street motif.
- 2007, Benedict Carey, "New studies suggest sleep is vital to learning and memory", International Herald Tribune France, Oct 24, 2007
  
  The task looks as simple as a "sesame street" exercise. Study pairs of Easter eggs on a computer screen and memorize how the computer has arranged them [].
- 2007, gay.com > music: emerging artists > watch now: cazwell's "watch my ...Gay.com UK, Nov 9, 2007
  
  "i wanted 'sesame street' on acid and that's pretty much what i got."
- 2007, SUN Weekend, Antigua and Barbuda, Nov 13, 2007
  
  [I]n Sesame Street style one kept saying “pea” while the other countered “nut” both words just began to blend until they came up with “peanut”.
- 2007, Joann Klimkiewicz, "Fugheddaboud what you think you know about Brooklyn", The Hartford Courant, Sunday, November 18, 2007
  
  Find the park's western edge and spill out into aptly named Park Slope -- a crown jewel of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Its tree-lined streets, romantic brownstones and cozy cafes emanate a family-friendly, Sesame Street vibe.

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