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that's what he said

that's what he said phrase: a male equivalent of that's what she said, in which the joke draws attention to something a male lover might say.

Phrase

that's what he said

  1. A male equivalent of that's what she said, in which the joke draws attention to something a male lover might say.
    • Oscar, would you reach over and touch his thing? That's what he said! Right, guys? Cause of gay?2009 February 1, Paul Lieberstein, “Stress Relief”, in Jeffrey Blitz, director, The Office, season 5, episodes 14-15, spoken by Michael Scott (Steve Carell)
    • It became such a staple that meta-jokes were tacked on to prolong its life, like non-verbal TWSS winks and attempts at the gender-balanced "That's what he said."[2014 January 24, Daniel A. Gross, “That's What She Said: The Rise and Fall of the 2000s' Best Bad Joke”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022

Questions about that's what he said

What does that's what he said mean?
That's what he said means a male equivalent of that's what she said, in which the joke draws attention to something a male lover might say.
What part of speech is that's what he said?
That's what he said is a phrase.

Words near that's what he said in the dictionary

  1. that's the way the cookie crumbles
  2. that's the way the mop flops
  3. that's too bad
  4. that's torn it
  5. that's wassup
  6. that's what he said
  7. that's what I call
  8. that's what I'm talking about
  9. that's what she said
  10. that's what's up
  11. that's why

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