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Superman
Drug slang A regional term for LSD
Social medicine One of the costumes worn by Fathers for Justice members protesting lack of access to their children. See Two-parent advantage
Vox populi ‘The Man of Steel’ A comic book superhero who first appeared in the 1930s in DC Comics, and is arguably the best-known American cultural icon. Sightings of him on the street in the 1950s carried the tagline, 'It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman!' He possesses extraordinary powers, traditionally described as 'faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound'.


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had joined the ranks of other celebrities who have given their children odd names-such as Gwyneth Paltrow naming her and daughter Apple, and Nicolas Cage and his son Kal-El.
The comic book devotee named the infant Kal-El - the real name of his all-time hero, Superman.
As an infant, Kal-El is hurdled into space in a rocket ship by his scientist father moments before his home planet Krypton blows up.
 
 
 
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