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Words/phrases invented/popularized by movies or TV?

Posted on 8/17/21 at 11:58 am
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 11:58 am
Things that become part of the lexicon because of a show or a movie.

The two that come right to my head

MILF - brought to us by American Pie
“That’s what she said” - The Office
Posted by Lawyered
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:00 pm to
DTF- Superbad

Totes Mcgoats - I love you Man
Posted by Keep Stirring
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:01 pm to
Case of the Mondays
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:03 pm to
Ginormous-Elf
Posted by ell_13
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:06 pm to
Negative, Ghostrider
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:09 pm to
No soup for you
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:17 pm to
Apparently the term “bucket list” was not a thing until the movie “Bucket List” came out with freeman
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:21 pm to
I heard about it before that movie
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:23 pm to
Heathers is full of teen slang and phrases that the writer created for the film.
Posted by DaleGribble
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Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:25 pm to
quote:

Apparently the term “bucket list” was not a thing until the movie “Bucket List” came out with freeman


I'd heard people using it long before the movie came out. Art Bell mentioned his "bucket list" quite a bit on his show.
Posted by Tangineck
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:31 pm to
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DTF- Superbad



Also FML
Posted by indytiger
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:32 pm to
Fetch
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:32 pm to
PMITA prison

Moops

Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:42 pm to
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Fetch

Stop trying to make fetch happen!



Was "yada yada yada" a thing before Seinfeld?
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:44 pm to
Posted by Billy Mays
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:46 pm to
"Friend Zone" - Friends

"Meh" - The Simpsons
Posted by theGarnetWay
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Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Things that become part of the lexicon because of a show or a movie.



Not a quote from the actual show by jumping the shark and Happy Days is an obvious one.
This post was edited on 8/17/21 at 1:03 pm
Posted by WITNESS23
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:19 pm to
On the OT "Germans" from Animal House
Posted by Righteous Dude
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:20 pm to
That's just like uhh, your opinion man
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

Not a quote from the actual show by jumping the shark and Happy Days is an obvious one.

The term "Nerd" wasn't really in use until Happy Days.
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