where's the beef

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where's the beef

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From a catchphrase in a 1980s television commercial for the fast food chain Wendy's.

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  1. US, idiomatic Where is the content? So what?

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"where's the beef." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/where's%20the%20beef. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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where's the beef. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/where's%20the%20beef

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"where's the beef." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/where's%20the%20beef.

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@misc{where_s_the_beef_2026,
  title = {where's the beef},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/where's%20the%20beef},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}