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Look who's finally decided to join us
Meaning
- A passive-aggressive way to point out that someone is late to a meeting, a party, or a conversation. It makes the target feel guilty for their tardiness.
Sarcastic, biting
Used in a sentence
- Look who's finally decided to join us, we started ten minutes ago.
- Look who's finally decided to join us, pull up a chair.
- I see you walked in, look who's finally decided to join us.
The backstory
A classic piece of social weaponry. It relies on the faux-polite tone of 'finally decided' to emphasize that the person chose to be late.
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