I like turtles
phrase/aj laɪk ˈtɜːtl̩z/UK/aj laɪk ˈtɝtl̩z/US
Etymology
Originated from a viral video in 2007 in which a boy with zombie face paint gets asked by an interviewer, "Jonathon just got an awesome face paint job. What do you think?", to which he responds with "I like turtles."
Definitions
Used as a non sequitur to express indifference or ignorance towards a topic.
- ok that’s cool but I like turtles
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for I like turtles. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA