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the best thing since sliced bread

the BEST thing since SLYST BRED

ðə bɛst θɪŋ sɪns slaɪst brɛd

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thebestthingsinceslicedbread

Dictionary meaning

an enthusiastic description of something regarded as an outstanding innovation or improvement; used ironically as often as sincerely to describe a person, product, or idea that someone finds exceptionally impressive; sliced bread was introduced commercially in the United States in 1928 and was greeted with such popular enthusiasm that it became a cultural benchmark for transformative convenience

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