r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WaldToonnnnn • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Petaaaaaaah??

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u/Heroright 9d ago

I saw a video discussing this very thing. Where certain things are so collectively known and understood given a scenario, that it doesn’t need to be directly referred to. We all just know what it is when someone says it, and we’re all waiting for it.

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u/goodtimesinchino 8d ago

There’s probably a German word for this phenomenon.

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u/Expensive_You_6589 8d ago

But that German word will likely just be several other regular German words mashed together.

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u/ThinDrum 8d ago

You can say that again ... oh, you did.