A rusty bicycle bell and an open wooden hinged jaw sit on a pale green plate.

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Wayne Campbell

Cassandra, I know I don't have his looks, I know I don't have his car, and I know that sometimes when I eat I get this clicking sound in the back of my jaw...

— Wayne's World ‧ 1992

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker compares himself unfavourably with another man, then adds an oddly specific complaint about his own clicking jaw. The list moves from looks and a car to an awkward detail about eating. That change of scale gives the self-deprecating admission its comic force.

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