2011-02-16
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Explanation
In this comic, a woman asks her partner if it is okay to dress as Batgirl in the bedroom, presenting it sheepishly as "kind of a turn-on." The man in bed looks thrilled at the prospect.
Below the panel, a caption defines a made-up word: "Expuberance" -- described as "the satisfaction of realizing that 13-year-old you would be happy with how things turned out." The joke plays on the idea that as a teenage boy, having a partner who wants to dress up as a superhero character like Batgirl would have been an absolute dream scenario. The humor comes from the invented word (a portmanteau suggesting puberty and exuberance) and the notion that some adult experiences perfectly fulfill adolescent fantasies.