Street voices
Hugues
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United States
"Get a load of this guy. Something you say about someone to others when you want to disregard them or what they're saying. Well, you know, I'm smarter than every single one of you. I won a spelling bee when I was a kid. I won a spelling bee when I was a kid. Get a load of this guy, huh?"
What it means
You say get a load of this guy to the people around you when someone's being loud, cocky, clueless, or weirdly proud of something tiny. It's a side-eye line for the group, not usually something you'd fire at the person directly. It turns their little performance into a shared eye roll.
Usage examples
"He walked in saying he is a genius because he won a spelling bee once. Get a load of this guy, we kept scrolling."
"He started explaining surfing to the lifeguard who had clearly done it for years, and we all just exchanged a get a load of this guy look."
"He'd been to one boxing class and started correcting the coach. Get a load of this guy."
"She kept interrupting the bartender to explain how cocktails work after two mojitos. We were like, get a load of this guy."
"He posted a blurry gym selfie and captioned it built different. Get a load of this guy."
Where it comes from
An old call to load your eyes, to take a good look, aimed sideways at someone making a scene. It became the shared nudge that turns one person's show into a group's quiet joke.
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