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If you have to ask, you're streets behind.
— Community · 2009
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A catchphrase becomes a way to rank people before anyone agrees what it means. Pierce protects his invention by making incomprehension somebody else’s failure.
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In context
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In Contemporary American Poultry, Pierce insists that his preferred expression already has an established meaning. Asked to explain it, he treats not knowing the phrase as evidence that everyone else is behind. The study group’s reaction turns his attempt at cultural authority into a recurring joke.
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- Contemporary American Poultry — wording and scene referenceContemporary American PoultryReference checked
- Contemporary American Poultry — wording and scene referenceContemporary American PoultryReference checked
- Contemporary American Poultry — wording and scene referenceContemporary American PoultryReference checked
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