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If she were a hot guy, I would never be that smooth. It’s ironic. It’s like the gift of the Vagi.
— Modern Family ‧ 2009
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker notices that his smoothness would disappear if he were talking to someone he found attractive. The joke describes confidence arriving in the less useful situation. Its final phrase twists 'The Gift of the Magi' into a bawdy pun on that irony.
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