anvilicious

Meaning

Adjective

Conveyed in a heavy-handed, unsubtle way; preachy.

Origin

anvil + -licious, the implication being that the message's delivery is as unsubtle as the dropping of an anvil on a person's head (a stock occurrence in cartoons).

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