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why so serious

why so serious phrase: used to mock someone for adopting an overly intense, grim, or rigid demeanor in a situation that might call for lightness or a more relaxed perspective.

Phrase

why so serious?

  1. (Internet, sarcastic) Used to mock someone for adopting an overly intense, grim, or rigid demeanor in a situation that might call for lightness or a more relaxed perspective.

Questions about why so serious

What does why so serious mean?
Why so serious means used to mock someone for adopting an overly intense, grim, or rigid demeanor in a situation that might call for lightness or a more relaxed perspective.
What part of speech is why so serious?
Why so serious is a phrase.

Words near why so serious in the dictionary

  1. why me
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  4. why oh why
  5. why on Earth
  6. why so serious
  7. why'd
  8. why'm
  9. why'n't
  10. why're
  11. why's

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