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Well, now I've seen everything
Meaning
- The ultimate response to an event that defies logic or decency. It suggests that you have reached the limit of what you can tolerate or process.
Exasperated, dramatic
Used in a sentence
- They are serving ice cream with ketchup? Well, now I've seen everything.
- Well, now I've seen everything, a cat walking on a leash.
- A guy in a tuxedo at the drive-thru? Well, now I've seen everything.
The backstory
A hyperbolic classic. It reflects the speaker's world-weary assumption that they thought they knew the bounds of reality until this exact moment.
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