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we've always been at war with Eastasia

we've always been at war with Eastasia is the alternative form of we have always been at war with Eastasia.

Meaning of we have always been at war with Eastasia

Phrase

we have always been at war with Eastasia

  1. (humorous) Used to highlight a situation in which circumstances have changed, yet this change has gone unacknowledged or is being denied.
    • Now it truly is as if it never existed in this repository! And we've always been at war with Eastasia.2012, Jon Loeliger, Matthew McCullough, Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development, page 344

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We've always been at war with Eastasia is the alternative form of we have always been at war with Eastasia.

Words near we've always been at war with Eastasia in the dictionary

  1. we's
  2. we'se
  3. we'uns
  4. we've
  5. we've always been at war with East Asia
  6. we've always been at war with Eastasia
  7. we've always been at war with Eurasia
  8. we'ven't
  9. we-group
  10. we-uns
  11. WEA

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