What does Cristiano Ronaldo mean when used as an adjective

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The context is "[something] is so Cristiano Ronaldo". I saw this more than 3 times in different places not related to sports.

I know he is a great, famous football player, but I don't know what word can be used to sum up his image in the public mind.

So, does this mean [something] is so brilliant or so cool? Or just because the speaker is the fans of Ronaldo?

Update

I'm not an English speaker, so I do not know if there is any novel rhetoric for specific groups and countries about this usage. For example "raining cats and dogs" is meaningless and sounds crazy in my native language. Isn't it a question of slang usage? I don't understand why a Nazi word is used for analogy.

Best Answer

The usage that you are referring to is a fad of the chattering professions like sports commentators.

That is so {person’s name}

means, if the topic is the named person,

That is so typical of {person’s name}

or means, if the topic is not the named person,

That is so similar to {person’s name}

It is a currently trendy form of ellipsis.

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