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Etymology
From an internet meme referencing a scene from episode “420” of Family Guy in which Peter Griffin excitedly says a similar phrase while at a movie theater.
Meanings
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(Internet) Used to point out when a character in a work of fiction has spoken the title of the work they appear in, or has spoken an iconic phrase.
Doc Brown: "If we could somehow harness this lightning, channel it into the flux capacitor, it just might work. Next Saturday night, we're sending you back... to the future!" Viewer: "He said it! He said the thing!"