English
said the thing
Used to point out when a character in a work of fiction has spoken the title of the work they appear in, or has spoken an iconic phrase.
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Origin
From an internet meme referencing a scene from episode “420” of Family Guy in which Peter Griffin excitedly says a similar phrase while at a movie theater.
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Lineage
- derivedEnglishan “Used before a vowel sound.”
- derivedEnglishepisode “A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life …”
- borrowedFrenchépisode
- derivedNew Latin*epīsodium
- borrowedFrenchépisode
- derivedEnglishepisode “A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life …”