From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
See [en]. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”,
was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an
advertising campaign for price comparison website _comparethemarket.com_.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] [Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.]
2. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=April 14 2009 | author=jamie powell | url=http://groups.google.com/group/uk.tech.digital-tv/msg/45095dd0ccfbd5c0?q=simples | title=Re: Satellite dish acquires wrong 'bird' | newsgroup=uk.tech.digital-tv
|passage=There is no potential for takeover of the state of Pakistan by a
rag-tag bunch of trumped-up nobodies with battered guns, and therefore no
threat to the west. SIMPLES!}}
1. * 2010 March 25, Mike Jones, " Re: And Jeremiah The Prophet Said: (see http://groups.google.com/group/alt.talk.creationism/msg/608b3bf72154e93e?q=simples) ", in [alt.talk.creationism] and other newsgroups, _Usenet_ :
2. *: So you claim. So, put whatcha got on the table, or STFU. ¶ SIMPLES.
3. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | date=August 10 2010 | author=AC | url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.sport.f1/msg/ce2fd18e47bd124c?q=simples | title=Re: HD coverage of the Nascar Race and Indy car races makes the F1 coverage look like Crap | newsgroup=rec.autos.sport.f1
|passage=Look, the vast majority of F1 viewers don't have HD TV. There for
the numbers don't add up. When they do, you will have your HD TV. SIMPLES.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=August 4 2013 | author=Matthew Bell | title=It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news | titleurl=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/matthew-bell-its-a-very-good-17-days-to-bury-bad-news-8007577.html | journal=The Independent | location=London
|passage=Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators,
longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the
leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box. SIMPLES!}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=July 4 2016 | author=John Crace | title=Up really is down on Mummy Leadsom's amazing journey | titleurl=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/04/andrea-leadsom-leadership-launch-sketch-mummy-up-is-down | journal=The Guardian | location=London
|passage=Most things will go through on the nod. SIMPLES. Everything will be
fixed by Christmas.}}
1. * {{ quote-hansard | en | date=26 February 2019
|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-26/debates/B5B3B17F-E96D-4093-ADE4-E5A8F4F3C58B/LeavingTheEuropeanUnion#contribution-2916432B-6449-467F-A3F9-4BE36CDA3877
|speaker=Theresa May |house=吴语: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
|authorlink=Theresa May |debate=Leaving the European Union |column=173
|passage=Finally, the right hon. Gentleman talked about uncertainty: the
uncertainty of not having the arrangements in place. If he wants to end
uncertainty and if he wants to deal with the issues he raised in his response
to my statement, then he should vote for a deal— SIMPLES.}}
1. * [en]
*** Noun
[en]
1. [en]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
** Asturian
*** Adjective
[ast]
1. [ast]
** Catalan
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
*** Adjective
[ca]
1. [ca]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Noun
[fr]
1. [fr]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
*** Adjective
[de]
1. [simpel]
** Mirandese
*** Adjective
[mwl]
1. [mwl]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology
From [pt], from [pt].
*** Pronunciation
[pt-IPA]
- [pt]
- [pt]
*** Adjective
[inv=1]
1. simple
2. [pt] ignorant , uneducated
**** Derived terms
[pt]
** Spanish
*** Pronunciation
[es-pr]
*** Adjective
[es]
1. [es]
*** Noun
[es]
1. [es]