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No one down here but the F.B.I's most unwanted.
— Mulder · The X-Files
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An editorial interpretation.
'Most unwanted' reverses the familiar phrase 'most wanted', turning the language of an investigation into a joke about being unwelcome. The speaker places himself at the center of that joke. It expresses outsider status through a compact, self-deprecating twist on institutional language.
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