Painterly jester mask and curled party horn with scattered confetti against bright pink.

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Teddy Duchamp

I don’t shut up, I grow up, and when I look at you, I throw up. Blaah!

— Stand By Me ‧ 1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a childish, gleefully insulting comeback. The speaker turns an order to be quiet into a rhyme about maturing instead, then finishes with a crude claim that just looking at the other person makes them sick, punctuated by a mock retching sound.

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