Seinfeld Quotes
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Source: Seinfeld
Speaker: Elaine Benes
Get out!
Context
This line is spoken by Elaine Benes, played by Julia Louis Dreyfus, in the TV show Seinfeld (1991).
When someone says to something to Elaine Benes that she just can't believe—like that her new armoire came from the Soup Nazi—she exclaims "Get out!" accompanied by a shove that might knock someone right out of the room.
Where you've heard it
In almost a dozen episodes of Seinfeld...
...or any time someone says something so shocking that not only can (a) you not believe it (like someone spoiling the ending of the Divergent trilogy ), but (b) you also must physically assault them to demonstrate how surprised you are.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
A popular catchphrase from a show about…nothing...can't be seen as anything even close to pretentious.