Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
phrase
Used (often sarcastically) to express confusion in relation to a seemingly absurd or complicated situation; often followed by an explanation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Referencing a scene from the American spy comedy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), in which British spy Austin Powers (Mike Myers) asks his controller, Basil Exposition (Michael York), for clarification about the meaning of a clue as to the location of Dr. Evil's lair.
