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I was not familiar with your game 

Phrase use by Shaquille O’Neal to describe a current NBA player who he did not believe was as good. However the player proved him wrong. In a post-game interview Shaq told the player “I owe you an apology. I was not really familiar with your game”.

Since then it became viral as a meme and used in different contexts by someone who acknowledges a person or group that surprised them with a set of skills, abilities, or their character and opinions etc.
Actor ABC shows incredible skills when playing a certain character.

Person 1: I owe you an apology ABC, I was not familiar with your game.

Swifties show their incredible influence by supporting Taylor swift in her Eras Tour that has been completely sold out.
Person B: “I owe swifties an apology, I was not familiar with their game

Repetitive Familiarity Amnesia 

The inability to remember if you did something you do every day.
Every morning when you leave the house, you push the button on the garage door remote closing the garage door. Then 10 minutes later, you can’t recall if you closed the garage door because you do the exact same action at the exact same time every morning, so they all blend together and you couldn’t tell if your memory was from that morning or any of the previous mornings where you went through the same motions like you have countless times before. You just experienced Repetitive Familiarity Amnesia.

societal familiarity disorder (SFD) 

When two people spend a lot of time together and begin to develop feelings for each other. But they actually are just assuming society's view on relationships. That people are suppose to be in pairs. So two good friends think they're in a romantic relationship.
John and Jane are both unemployed, so they have a lot of time to spend together. They start getting feelings that they mistaken as romance. They start really dating, get jobs and realize they were suffering from societal familiarity disorder (SFD)!

Pai de familia

Pai de Família (Portuguese for “family man”) is a man from a Brazilian gay porn video. Pai de Família’s real name remains unknown, but he’s often called Jailson Mendes, as he’s credited in the movie. Pai de Família’s main claim to fame is, well, taking it in the ass.
Pai de familia is the most famous meme in brazil

Kupa'a Familia 

group of 49er faithful who have adopted the Hawaiian word "Kupa'a" as their alias. Kupa'a means- Faithful, stand together as one.
Did you see Boss, Virgil, and Keith roll up to the stick with their #kupaa tees on? Now that's repping the Kupa'a Familia.
Kupa'a Familia by Kupaa Fitted August 10, 2012

Salute La Familia

A take on the Italian:
'Salute' (hail/health)
'La Familia' (the/our family)/ 'La' (the), can be changed to 'Mi' (my)

A phrase said to honor those you consider family, either being blood relatives or a close nit group of friends/Pack.
*At a bar with a tight nit group of friends* *Leader of the group raises the first drink of the night*

~Salute La Familia !!

*Group cheers, clinks glasses together*

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Fast Five, Dominic Toretto quote: "Money will come and go. We all know that. The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. Right here, right now. Salute, mi familia."
Salute La Familia by AlphaBitch August 1, 2012