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Doof If I had a Nickel

Use when a repeated event would earn a nickel each time, emphasizing how often it has happened.

What it expresses

Repetition-for-reward: the pictured character imagines accumulating nickels from recurring events.

Example

A service has timed out every Friday this month: “If I had a nickel for every outage, I would have four nickels.”

When not to use it

Avoid for a one-off event or when no repeated pattern is present.

• repetition
• frequency
• deadpan