A lilac lace-trimmed bra hangs from a line with two wooden pegs against a pale green background.

Original artwork, not a still

Grace Adler

My boobies are fake, and they’re broken.

— Will & Grace · 1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A blunt comic confession: the speaker's breasts are artificial and, worse, no longer working properly. Calling them 'boobies' keeps the tone silly and bawdy, while the flat pairing of 'fake' and 'broken' can sound both sheepish and matter-of-fact.

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