Kilroy was here

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"Kilroy" figure and "Kilroy was here" text, inscribed on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Phrase

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Kilroy was here

  1. (military, c. 1940s) Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.
  2. (meme, late 20th c., non-military) Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations

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