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Well Smithers, another Friday night is upon us, What will you be doing? Something gay no doubt?
— The Simpsons • 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Mr. Burns asks about Smithers's Friday plans, then supplies his own answer. The word 'gay' can mean cheerful or refer to sexuality, leaving the question open to a double meaning. That ambiguity gives the apparently ordinary small talk its comic edge.
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