A tall stack of index cards and a magnifier next to a small gray owl figurine in big round glasses.

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Troy Dyer

He's the reason Cliffs Notes were invented.

— Reality Bites · 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker jokes that a certain man is so long-winded or heavy going that study summaries had to be created because of him. It is a sarcastic dig, exaggerating his tedium into an origin story, and implies people would rather read a condensed version than endure the full experience of him.

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