#28 I always thought it was a reference to not being cool (as in being a "square"), and meant that all the cool kids would be there, so if you aren't there, you aren't cool.
"Be there or be square" means if you don't go to the event then you are a square person who doesn't like to have fun and stays on the straight and narrow.
#28 I always thought it was a reference to not being cool (as in being a "square"), and meant that all the cool kids would be there, so if you aren't there, you aren't cool.
"Be there or be square" means if you don't go to the event then you are a square person who doesn't like to have fun and stays on the straight and narrow.
For those too young to recognize the term "straight man" does not involve sexuality:
en.wikipedia . org/wiki/Straight_man