that'swhathesaid

1. A male equivalent ofthat's what she said, in which the joke draws attention to something a male lover might say.
   • 2009 February 1,Paul Lieberstein, “Stress Relief”, inJeffrey Blitz, director,The Office, season 5, episodes14-15, spoken byMichael Scott (Steve Carell):

     Oscar, would you reach over and touch his thing?That's what he said! Right, guys? Cause of gay?

   • [2014 January 24,Daniel A. Gross, “That's What She Said: The Rise and Fall of the 2000s' Best Bad Joke”, inThe Atlantic‎^[1], archived fromthe original on7 July 2022:

     It became such a staple that meta-jokes were tacked on to prolong its life, like non-verbal TWSS winks and attempts at the gender-balanced "That's what he said."]

• “that's what he said”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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