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The tête à Toto is a French typographical design and children's game, well known to French schoolchildren.
It consists of the equation "0+0=0", written with the first two "0"s for eyes, the "+" for a nose, the "=" for a mouth, and the final "0" surrounding, as a stylized face or skull.
It is drawn while reciting:
Translated:
As his head equals zero, it means that his intelligence is null.
The name, or character, of Toto is a common stock character in French culture; he is the generic child used in jokes ("Toto asks his mother..."). See Blague de Toto (Toto joke).
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The tête à Toto is a French typographical design and children's game, well known to French schoolchildren.
It consists of the equation "0+0=0", written with the first two "0"s for eyes, the "+" for a nose, the "=" for a mouth, and the final "0" surrounding, as a stylized face or skull.
It is drawn while reciting:
Translated:
As his head equals zero, it means that his intelligence is null.
The name, or character, of Toto is a common stock character in French culture; he is the generic child used in jokes ("Toto asks his mother..."). See Blague de Toto (Toto joke).
Other uses
*Acircumlocution
Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning, or ambage) is the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea. It is sometimes necessary in communication (for example, to work around lexical gap ...
for "zero"
*In prostitution
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, slang for a prostitute – or rather, prospective prostitute – who has not had a single client ( i.e., who has had zero clients).
See also
*Henohenomoheji
''Henohenomoheji'' ( ja, へのへのもへじ ) or ''hehenonomoheji'' () is a face known to be drawn by Japanese schoolchildren using hiragana characters. It became a popular drawing during the Edo period.
The word breaks down into seven hir ...
, similar typographical face in Japanese
* Mondgesicht, similar typographical face in German, consisting of "Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich": . . , –
References
* La tête à TotoZéro plus zéro ? La tête à Toto...
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