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Right meow
Meaning
- A silly, punny way to say right now. It is a feline-inspired joke that adds a bit of levity to an urgent request.
Silly, humorous
Used in a sentence
- I need that report on my desk right meow.
- Can you come over here right meow?
- The cat wants his dinner right meow or he will scream.
The backstory
This popularized mainly due to the 2001 movie Super Troopers. It became a staple of internet culture and dad-joke lexicon.
Heard in
Nationwide
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