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Where's the Beef 

1. A phrase of introduction, a way to introduce yourself to a group fairly indistinct.
2. A tension-breaker in situations no-one's saying anything.
3. A way to ask where the 'action' is, ergo - where a party is being held.
4. An annoying catch-phrase.
A: "Hey, where's the beef?"
B: "STFU, n00b."
A: "I just asked whe..."
B: "OMG, u r gay."

where's the beef 

granny: where's the beef

Dylan: stfu granny
where's the beef by thatlilbish January 29, 2021

where's the beef? 

A popular phrase that the Wendy's hamburger chain had actress Claire Pellar say in a TV ad when she and two other elderly ladies were checking out a competitor's hamburger that had a "big fluffy bun". It was first broadcast in 1983 and Claire used the phrase in "sequel" ads during the next few years. In 1984, some men wore T-shirts that answered with the phrase "Here's the beef!".
In a debate among the Democratic party Presidential candidates for the 1984 elections, Walter Mondale asked his political rival Gary Hart about his policy plans, saying "Where's the beef?".

where's the beef? 

Phrase made popular by a Wendy's TV commercial, which generally means a certain thing is lacking in main substance.
The hamburger has a huge bun, but where's the beef?
where's the beef? by nick_g July 23, 2011

where's the beef? 

A phrase made famous by an old commercial where some old geezer says "Where's the beef?!"

Now frequently said by students at Scarborough High School.
"Where's the beef?!"
"I'll show you where the beef is."
where's the beef? by Corb December 28, 2005

Where's the beef? 

1.. It used the advertising slogan of Wendy's chain of hamburger restaurants in 1984.

2. The phrase became associated with the 1984 U.S. presidential election. Former Vice-President Walter Mondale also used the line against rival Senator Gary Hart in his bid for the Democratic nomination in the 1984 presidential campaign.

3. It still uses for the popular culture
1. (From commercial)

Old lady 1: It certainly is a big bun. It's a very big bun. It's a big fluffy bun. It's a very big fluffy bun.

Clara Peller (Old lady 2): Where's the beef?
Where's the beef? by jason24589 October 21, 2010
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