"Here's the thing" can be used as a buildup to an insult and to make sure you'll have the attention of the receiving party. Ending it with a "that's more or less the thing" will let them know that you've finished conveying this information.
Jack: My allegiance is to the law, I'm paid to uphold the law.
Bill: What in the heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing that, Jack. That way lies damnation.
Jack: I'm in no danger of damnation, Bill.
Bill: Here's the thing, I don't give tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum you meat-headed shit sack, that's more or less the thing.
Bill: What in the heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing that, Jack. That way lies damnation.
Jack: I'm in no danger of damnation, Bill.
Bill: Here's the thing, I don't give tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum you meat-headed shit sack, that's more or less the thing.
by tuppenny March 22, 2020
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Get the thingamabob mug.Some activity with some object that you can't or won't name because a) it's embarrassing b) it's too weird c) you don't know what it's called or d) it's just funnier like that.
Not infrequently used to refer to sexual activities.
Not infrequently used to refer to sexual activities.
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John: Bob's got a real drinking problem, have you talked to him?
Julie: Yes but he's doing the Egyptian Thing and won't talk to me.
Julie: Yes but he's doing the Egyptian Thing and won't talk to me.
by Gneissguy August 11, 2009
Get the The Egyptian Thing mug.1. A name for a couple, like a "pair" or a way to say that two people are going out. Not to be used for married people, it's usually used when someone suspects two people are going out, but doesn't know. Or they are telling someone that two people are going out.
1. "So, Josh and Brittany, I guess they're a "thing" now.
2. "Dude, so are Josh and Brittany, like, a "thing" or what?
2. "Dude, so are Josh and Brittany, like, a "thing" or what?
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Get the Thinderella mug.After several months of casual sex followed by some serious dates, Jill saw Mark as her boy-thing, but she wasn't ready to make it official.
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