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re: Words/phrases invented/popularized by movies or TV?

Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:25 pm to
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
63334 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:25 pm to
Harold Ramis was a gold mine for this.

Stripes:
"That's a fact, Jack."
"Lighten up, Francis"
"some really serious ________"
"oooooooh" with the hand gesture when the black guy responds to Francis.

Ghostbusters:
"_____ is toast"
"Don't cross the streams"
"dogs, cats - living together."

Caddyshack: basically the entire movie.
Posted by LSUPERMAN
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
2969 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:29 pm to
FUBAR - Tango & Cash
You're Killing me Smalls
Posted by LSUMaverick
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2016
1940 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

Stop trying to make fetch happen!



You beat me to it
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
38285 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:47 pm to
Master of your Domain.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28417 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:50 pm to
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

I feel the need -- the need for speed!
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24736 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

That’s what she said


quote:

The Office


You spelled Wayne’s World wrong
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7052 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

Ginormous


Ginourmous is WWII British military slang. It was also used in Transformers: The Movie in 1986 in a line ad-libbed by Jazz's voice actor, Scatman Crothers.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
20889 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 1:56 pm to
I'd never heard MILF until American Pie.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
107289 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:00 pm to
I'm your Huckleberry. - Tombstone
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46821 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:04 pm to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73902 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

You spelled Wayne’s World wrong



Scchhwwwinnnggg!

ETA: Bazinga!
This post was edited on 8/17/21 at 2:11 pm
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
75404 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

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

Invented by Dr. Seuss in If I Ran the Zoo.

Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115638 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:18 pm to
quote:

I'd heard people using it long before the movie came out. Art Bell mentioned his "bucket list" quite a bit on his show.


That’s what I get for trusting what the Internet tells me
Posted by KidNOLA
Covington, LA
Member since Jan 2010
45 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 2:52 pm to
Damn, we're in a tight spot!
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

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



They also had people using phrases like "sit on it" and "up your nose with a rubber hose" in the 70s, from what I can remember.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73902 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:05 pm to
quote:

"sit on it" and "up your nose with a rubber hose" in the 70s


Welcome Back Kotter
Posted by LSUDav7
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2006
1551 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:14 pm to
Close Talker
Man Hands
Shrinkage
Big Salad
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Festivus
Sponge Worthy
Serenity Now
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33349 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:23 pm to
quote:

FUBAR - Tango & Cash
It's a military term that was used in WWII.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86527 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:35 pm to
You keep using that hword...
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37943 posts
Posted on 8/17/21 at 3:39 pm to
An obscure one:

"It's Ripley's"

Diner
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