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“In the middle of the party bitch get off me” might be a reference to the frequently-referenced Jay Z line “I’m so bossy, bitch get off me”

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Haddaway’s “What Is Love” is a classic for at least three reasons:

  1. Its timeless, iconic, and instantly recognizable refrain “What is love? Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me no more”.

  2. Its central role in SNL’s “Roxbury Guys” sketches and later the movie A Night at the Roxbury.

  3. It was on the soundtrack for the 2013 video game Saints Row IV.

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When stuck between two choices it can be emotional to pick one and let go of the other.

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This couplet is an example of Antanaclasis—a literary technique in which a word is repeated multiple times with different meanings each time.

Here “used” is used in two different ways which is a bit of a twist when you hear it.

The all-time classic Antanaclasis is “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana”.

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