new cliche?

[Garson O'Toole]

Know Your Meme has an article:

I See What You Did There
Part of a series on Internet Slang.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-see-what-you-did-there

[Begin key excerpt]
A precise online origin for this phrase has yet to be found.
[End excerpt]

Clearly an important meme has not yet gone viral:
I Did Not See What You Did There


On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've noticed a repeated occurrence of "I see what you did there" in
> quite diverse context. Did I miss the memo? Was there some commercial
> that went viral and left a permanent imprint? I think, someone even used
> it here.
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>     VS-)
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