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pronounced "day-us ex much-in-uh"; a phrase that calls attention to when something extremely unlikely blatantly happens to move a story along or resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem. This would be an instance of "deus ex machina", but the concept is cliché to the point that it deserves sarcastic observation.
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