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  • BatmanAoD@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    “Scare quotes” definitely precede Austin Powers, though that may have spurred a rise in popularity of the usage. (Also, “trashy people never saw Austin Powers” is honestly a pretty weird statement, IMO.)

    That said, in this case, arguably the quotes are appropriate, because “the github dictionary” isn’t something that happened (i.e. a headline), but a thing they’ve made up.

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      Yeah, there was a whole Chris Farley bit with them. So you can figure where the end point of that is.

      Like most stuff with Mike Meyers, by the time he included it, it was kind of cringe.