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Bueller

intj
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(informal, humorous) Used to jokingly call out for a response that isn't coming, evoking a moment of awkward silence.
"She asked the room for feedback and got nothing but silence. "Bueller? Bueller?" she said, laughing."
name
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A surname of German origin.
"The Bueller family ran the hardware store for forty years."

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In plain EnglishA pop-culture catchphrase for calling into silence and getting no answer, referencing a famous scene from a 1980s movie.

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She asked the room for feedback and got nothing but silence. "_____? Bueller?" she said, laughing.

Etymology

Popularized by the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which a teacher repeatedly calls the absent student's name — "Bueller... Bueller..." — to total silence.

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