Etymology

that's what she said

Today it means: A joking retort that draws attention to the possibility of sexual innuendo in what was just said. Full definition →

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The story

First attested in the early 20th century. She refers to the speaker's imagined sexual partner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.