A brown glove with one raised finger casts an exclamation-mark-shaped shadow on pale ground.

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Phoebe

You know, if we were in prison, you'd be like my bitches!

— Friends ‧ 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Phoebe imagines a prison situation and claims a dominant position over the listeners, using a derogatory label. The emphatic hypothetical establishes neither imprisonment nor an actual relationship of control.

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