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Break it Down Barney Style 

This phrase is used when you are about to explain something to someone in very basic terms because anything too complex will confuse them, or already has confused them. Frequently used in the military. Does not usually have anything to do with sex.
"Alright, since my first explanation didn't seem to sink in for your morons, I'll break it down barney style for you."
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Break it Down Barney Style 

When you dress up in a dinosaur costume and have sex.
Daquan decided to break it down barney style on Jess last night. He went from 0 to 100 real quick. Real damn quick!

Break it down, Barney Style 

Explaining something in such a way that a small child could understand, often used by Soldiers in the U.S. Army, specifically NCOs
What Private? You don't know how to make your bunk? Lemme break it down, Barney style for ya.
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