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Wonka! Butterscotch? Buttergin? You running something on the side here?
— Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A blustering accusation. Butterscotch sounds plausible for a sweet-maker, but "buttergin" hints at something boozy, so the speaker suspects a secret side business. The joke lives in the made-up word and the suspicious, demanding tone.
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