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Popular expression during the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, where someone would describe an event happening by stating the exact opposite then saying in a louder tone of voice, NOT! For example, describing the database crash this wiki experienced a while ago that wiped out a lot of content, it could be said that, "We really enjoyed it and had a marvelous time having to rebuild all the lost entries. NOT!" In traditional English, this is known as Sarcasm. Popularized by the movie Wayne's World. (along with That's What She Said! and other Totally Radical stock phrases of the 90's).

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  • Popular expression during the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, where someone would describe an event happening by stating the exact opposite then saying in a louder tone of voice, NOT! For example, describing the database crash this wiki experienced a while ago that wiped out a lot of content, it could be said that, "We really enjoyed it and had a marvelous time having to rebuild all the lost entries. NOT!" In traditional English, this is known as Sarcasm. Popularized by the movie Wayne's World. (along with That's What She Said! and other Totally Radical stock phrases of the 90's).
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  • Popular expression during the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, where someone would describe an event happening by stating the exact opposite then saying in a louder tone of voice, NOT! For example, describing the database crash this wiki experienced a while ago that wiped out a lot of content, it could be said that, "We really enjoyed it and had a marvelous time having to rebuild all the lost entries. NOT!" This usage of saying something then saying "NOT!" at the end, actually goes all the way back to the 19th century (when "...I don't think!" was a variant), it just became cool again back during the 1980s. In traditional English, this is known as Sarcasm. Popularized by the movie Wayne's World. (along with That's What She Said! and other Totally Radical stock phrases of the 90's). The evil version involves the phrase I Lied. Examples of NOT! include:
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