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they hit the Pentagon

they hit the Pentagon interjection: used to indicate that an event or news of an event is cause for alarm.

Interjection

  1. (Internet, humorous) Used to indicate that an event or news of an event is cause for alarm.
    • they hit the pentagon!!! matty healy is at the taylor [Swift] show right now 😭2023 May 6, u/rolltidepod37, “Free-For-All Friday — Weekly Discussion Thread”, in r/Fauxmoi (Reddit post), archived from the original on 27 Jun 2023
    • NO THEY HIT THE PENTAGON2024 December 20, u/Wordslikeblue24, “Dev Patel and John Boyega photographed with Johnny Depp”, in r/popculturechat (Reddit post), archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026
    Synonyms:
    holy shit, oh my God

Synonyms of they hit the Pentagon

Origin of they hit the Pentagon

Originated from an exchange in an OneyPlays let's play video in May 2020 about recording said video on a short notice: Lyle jokes that Chris shook him awake and Zach chimes in, shouting: "Lyle, Lyle, turn on the TV, they hit the Pentagon! They hit the fucking Pentagon, Lyle!" in reference to the September 11 attacks. Popularized widely by a viral image macro of a character from the animated film Turning Red (2022), using the phrase "They hit the fucking Pentagon," in reference to discussion surrounding a viral remark that the film, set in 2002, did not mention the September 11 attacks.

Questions about they hit the Pentagon

What does they hit the Pentagon mean?
They hit the Pentagon means used to indicate that an event or news of an event is cause for alarm.
What part of speech is they hit the Pentagon?
They hit the Pentagon is an interjection.

Words near they hit the Pentagon in the dictionary

  1. Thexton
  2. they
  3. they don't make them like that anymore
  4. they don't make them like they used to
  5. they hate us 'cause they ain't us
  6. they hit the Pentagon
  7. they say
  8. they should have sent a poet
  9. they'd
  10. they'd've
  11. they'da

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