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Subversion of Subverted Expectations

A double whammy subversion of expectations, in particular in regard to film and television, where the audience is led to believe that a scene will follow through with a subversion of expectations regarding theme or humor before the opposite happens. May not always work- relies on the assumption that the audience is expecting the unexpected, but not expecting the expected.
As an example, we can take the Wheel of Fortune scene with Randy Marsh in South Park. In it, he must spell out the word which means "people who annoy me". He manages to by dumb luck fill out every single other letter in the answer leaving him with N_GGERS. The expectation by the audience is that at the last second he will answer with the word "Nagger" rather than "nigger", however at the last second the build-up to the joke concludes with a subversion of the audience's subverted expectations and the joke plays out as it would normally: with Randy answering "NIGGERS!".
We were led to believe that the punchline would be changed at the last minute, but the movie did a Subversion of Subverted Expectations by continuing the joke on as normal.
by hawn hawn baguette January 14, 2023
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exseed your expectations

What you hope dat your crop-yield will do, but never really count on it.
Usually da Gurney's, Burpee's, and Park's catalogs really hype and puff da growing/harvest-claims of da little dried things inside their proffered planting-packets, so you should not exactly expect an actual "bumper crop" on much of anything dat you order from them --- about da only germination and flourishing dat will likely exseed your expectations will be all of those blasted WEEDS dat you're constantly having to dig or pull out! :P
by QuacksO February 11, 2023
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Expectating

The act of observing a couple plan a pregnancy.
Ben and Danielle were nauseous while expectating with Hoffa and Kenna Rae. Their offspring doesnt stand a chance.
by God of geometry June 18, 2016
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Expectating

The act of smugly waiting for someone to pick the fucking ball up and do something while a swirl of consensus gathering and discussion without decision results in cloudy direction. Most commonly used in inner dialog. It's the exact opposite of "?!!" or "Let's try."
My brain hurts from EXPECTATING all morning. Something great will come of all of this. I'm sure everyone will read my mind soon enough. We just need to keep talking."
by SkonkDouglas February 2, 2024
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