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Shut the front door!
Meaning
- An exclamation used to express disbelief or shock. It is a PG-rated, modern way to say shut the hell up in a context of surprise.
Exclamatory, trendy
Used in a sentence
- You got the promotion? Shut the front door!
- She told me her secret and I just said shut the front door.
- Shut the front door, he actually finished his chores early?
The backstory
This gained traction in the early 2000s as a pop-culture-friendly alternative to profanity. It emphasizes the absurdity of the information received.
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Nationwide
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