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Over There

A term used by Americans to describe somewhere foreign. The term was mostly used to describe Europe during the first world war

Johnie: I don’t want to fight

Propaganda boi: the Huns wanted Mexico to attack us and don’t forget how they sunk our boat
Johnie: OVER THERE! OVER THERE! SEND THE WORD, SEND THE WORD, OVER THERE!
THAT THE YANKS ARE COMING! THE YANKS ARE COMING! THE DRUM RUM-TUMMING EVERYWHERE! SO PREPARE! SAY A PRAYER! SEND THE WORD, SEND THE WORD TO BEWARE! WE’LL BE OVER, WERE COMING OVER! AND WE WONT COME BACK TI’LL ITS OVER OVER THERE!

by Quart127 May 24, 2019