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Susan: Oh that's just --
Death of Rats: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'JUST'?
--Terry Pratchett, Hogfather, tweaked for greater generality
In the original, Susan finishes her line with "an old story", but by having DoR cut her off she could just as easily have said "chemistry" or "data" or something like that.
Technically, he just said SQUEAK. Which is even more general.