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* "Oh, shut up...": Usually said after an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] or a lame [[Chew Bubblegum]] line. |
* "Oh, shut up...": Usually said after an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] or a lame [[Chew Bubblegum]] line. |
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* "A simple no would have sufficed.": An indignant response to a dismissal or rejection that is overly demeaning, verbose, or both. |
* "A simple no would have sufficed.": An indignant response to a dismissal or rejection that is overly demeaning, verbose, or both. |
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* "Slowly I turn -- step by step, inch by inch..." Originally the [[Signature Line]] of a famous [[w:Slowly I Turned|vaudeville sketch]] which has now been mostly forgotten, if this line is used anymore, it's to indicate that the speaker is humorously pretending to have been triggered into [[Unstoppable Rage]]. |
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* "Slowly I turn -- step by step, inch by inch..." |
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* "Someone... or ''something''..." Used to identify that an act may have been done by something paranormal. |
* "Someone... or ''something''..." Used to identify that an act may have been done by something paranormal. |
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** When [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] used it, [[Action Girl]] Karrin Murphy calls him on it, saying, "You've been waiting years to use that one, haven't you?" Dresden, being the [[Smart Ass]] that he is, shrugs and mentions that opportunities don't arise as often as you'd think. |
** When [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] used it, [[Action Girl]] Karrin Murphy calls him on it, saying, "You've been waiting years to use that one, haven't you?" Dresden, being the [[Smart Ass]] that he is, shrugs and mentions that opportunities don't arise as often as you'd think. |
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* "Stop me anytime." Someone is depressed or angry with themselves and starts listing all of their own failings, expecting the person they're talking to to break in and disagree. If the other person just lets them continue, they get annoyed and say this. |
* "Stop me anytime." Someone is depressed or angry with themselves and starts listing all of their own failings, expecting the person they're talking to to break in and disagree. If the other person just lets them continue, they get annoyed and say this. |
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* "Stop the presses." Originally related to reporters have a new story that they just have to have in the next edition, it's rarer for use in actual news (actually stopping the presses is damned expensive and takes ages to start back up) and is used generally for any news that may need people to stop what they are doing. |
* "Stop the presses." Originally related to reporters have a new story that they just have to have in the next edition, it's rarer for use in actual news (actually stopping the presses is damned expensive and takes ages to start back up) and is used generally for any news that may need people to stop what they are doing. |
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** Subverted in [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] episode "Truth or Ed" where Eddy yells this when he hears that the school newspapers actually have profit. |
** Subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "Truth or Ed" where Eddy yells this when he hears that the school newspapers actually have profit. |
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* "Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever." |
* "Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever." |
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* "Stay with me, stay with me..." Said to someone who's been critically injured or wounded and is in danger of dying before emergency aid arrives. |
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