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Also seen as "What Is This X Of Which You Speak?" and "X? What means this X?",
Also seen as "What Is This X Of Which You Speak?" and "X? What means this X?",


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Since its explosion into the memesphere as a sarcastic [[Snowclone]] the phrase can be found just about anywhere—we'd really rather see pre-Internet instances of the phrase and its variants as examples, whether used straight or as sarcasm. (If you've got a particularly good example of modern use that you still want to share, though, put it on the Quotes subpage.)
Since its explosion into the memesphere as a sarcastic [[Snowclone]] the phrase can be found just about anywhere—we'd really rather see pre-Internet instances of the phrase and its variants as examples, whether used straight or as sarcasm. (If you've got a particularly good example of modern use that you still want to share, though, put it on the Quotes subpage.)

[[Super-Trope]], at least in structure if not always usage, to [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]


Not to be confused with "[[What Is This, X?]]"
Not to be confused with "[[What Is This, X?]]"