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one of us

one of us phrase: a phrase chanted by a member or members of the in-group (almost always more than once) when a new member has joined or been accepted, willingly or by doing a behavior or action that is considered to have brought them into the group.

Phrase

one of us

  1. A phrase chanted by a member or members of the in-group (almost always more than once) when a new member has joined or been accepted, willingly or by doing a behavior or action that is considered to have brought them into the group.

Origin of one of us

A phrase chanted by the sideshow performers in the 1932 horror film Freaks.

Questions about one of us

What does one of us mean?
One of us means a phrase chanted by a member or members of the in-group (almost always more than once) when a new member has joined or been accepted, willingly or by doing a behavior or action that is considered to have brought them into the group.
What part of speech is one of us?
One of us is a phrase.

Words near one of us in the dictionary

  1. one of these days
  2. one of these fine days
  3. one of these odd-come-shortlies
  4. one of those days
  5. one of those things
  6. one of us
  7. one off the wrist
  8. one on one
  9. one or two
  10. one over the eight
  11. one pair

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