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Kilroy was here
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thumb|right|250px|"Kilroy" figure and "Kilroy was here" text, inscribed on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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en Q597180en military c. 1940s Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.
en meme late 20th c. non-military Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations, frequently used as latrinalia.
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