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Bueller
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English
Etymology
waiting for absent response From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Ben Stein's character, when doing roll-call, called "Bueller" multiple times with no answer, as Ferris Bueller was absent.
Proper noun
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Interjection
en slang sarcastic Used to convey that the speaker is waiting for a response or to chastise inattentiveness.
en Does anyone want to go to the movies? ...Bueller?
en Doug Giles If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going! 2009 https://archive.org/details/ifyouregoingthro0000gile/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22bueller+bueller%22 86 a church that reduces life with God to the exhilaration one would experience by watching paint dry.Bueller, Bueller, Bueller, Bueller, Bueller...
en Wade Rouse At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life 2009 https://archive.org/details/atleastincitysom0000rous/page/188/mode/2up?q=%22bueller+bueller%22 188 "It's more about our relationship with the earth than it is about growing anything," I say. "And we are trying to respect our earth. Hello? Hello? Anyone there? Bueller? Bueller? But Gary is not listening.
en Quiara Alegría Hudes Water by the Spoonful 2012 https://archive.org/details/waterbyspoonful0000hude/mode/2up?q=%22bueller+bueller%22 56 Anyone else online? Haikumom? I'm still waiting for that daily poem...Bueller? Bueller?
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