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Are we having fun yet?
Meaning
- Usually said sarcastically when doing something tedious, miserable, or stressful. It highlights the fact that the activity is definitely not fun.
Sarcastic, sardonic
Used in a sentence
- We have been stuck in this traffic for two hours; are we having fun yet?
- The power is out and the kids are crying so are we having fun yet?
- I am on my fifth hour of filing taxes and thinking are we having fun yet?
The backstory
It became a popular catchphrase in the 1980s, famously featured in the comic strip Zippy the Pinhead. It tapped into a universal frustration with mundane tasks.
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