"Kilroy was here" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} Kilroy was here
  1. (military, c. 1940s) Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel. Wikidata QID: Q597180 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-Kilroy_was_here-en-phrase-en:Q597180 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (meme, late 20th c., non-military) Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations
    Sense id: en-Kilroy_was_here-en-phrase-us7KJxLk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English sentences, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English sentences: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 73

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