The Wire: to evacuate

2birdsswimming · 129K views · 2009 · 2:23

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Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it purely as a joke reply when an evacuation or similar wording comes up.

What it is

A two-minute clip from The Wire in which characters work through the meaning of the word evacuate, an exchange that has become a meme.

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