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The term "Debbie Downer" did not originate in 2004 from a Saturday Night Live skit. I remember it being used as a kid, and I'm in my late 60s. But the SNL character, played brilliantly by Rachel Dratch, did bring the term to light for a new generation.
Treat yourself from parks and recreation should be on here. I sometimes say that a lot of. And I love that’s what she said. I say that a lot but I didn’t know it was from the office. I don’t think friend zone is typically from friends it’s been around forever.
I remember "Google It" as if it always existed. I practically feel like it invented itself, though it makes more sense that I got it from a TV show. It sounds better than "search engine it."
"spam" or "spamming" isnt just unsolicited messages. it can also mean just using one move repeatedly in video games. ie. just doing guile's sonic boom in street fighter.
I tell people under the age of 40 that "spam" in the sense of junk e-mail (or texts or calls) came from MONTY PYTHON and they don't believe it. BTW, when it's calls, I call it "phone spam" (but I'll bet someone came up with that well before I did).
The word cromulent even made its way into being part of the title for a book called “the Simpsons secret a cromulent guide to how the Simpsons predicted the future”
Giggity Family Guy (1999-2002;2005-) Glenn Quagmire's Infamous catchphrase was everywhere after Family Guy blew up In 2003 with the reruns on Adult Swim and persisted for the rest of the decade and I was In the eye of the storm of the FG fandom
I must correct the narrator about "Nimrod". Nimrod was a foolish king in the Old Testament who thought he could build a tower tall enough to commune directly with God. God thwarted Nimrod's plans by making the workers speak different languages so they could not understand one another. To this day, "Nimrod" connotes an overly ambitious person whose reach exceeds his grasp. And they said my Sunday school education wouldn't mean anything.
I have never heard "cromulent" before (and apparently YT hasn't either since it's putting a red squiggly line under it) and the only time I've heard "embiggen" was from another video about words coined by TV shows. XD
I've never even heard of the word in #1.... "Idjit" from Supernatural and "daisy dukes" from The Dukes of Hazzard are the ones that come to mind for me
"Friend Zone" never gets old! I'm surprised that Bugs Bunny's "What a maroon!" catchphrase didn't make the list. But maybe no one uses it, anymore. "Pivot!" from Friends is a popular one. "Jumping the shark" is still used, when a show declines in quality. I didn't know that "nimrod" was a biblical reference. I just thought it an insult, from Looney Tunes, when someone was being particularly stupid. Thanks for the list!
That must have been a tough choice deciding Regifter out of the many others to choose from in Seinfeld: Man Hands Festivus Double-Dipping Master of Your Domain Shrinkage Close Talker Sponge-worthy Anti-Dentite Low Talker Yada Yada Yada Serenity Now
@@charliejoson9145 Sponge-worthy refers to someone deemed special or desirable enough to justify using one of Elaine's limited supply of contraceptive sponges.
"Feck". Father Ted. The Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted (1995-1998) helped to popularise the use of "feck" outside of Ireland (particularly in the UK, where Channel 4 is based) through liberal use of the word by alcoholic priest Father Jack.
I didn’t know “friend zone” was from “Friends.” I’ve always heard it as a verb; when did that happen? I think I first heard the phrase “Facebook official” from “Parenthood.” Or was it “The Big Bang Theory”?
"Friend Zone" was used long before the TV show "Friends". I remember it being used in the 1980's when I had been put into that particular zone more than once.
I learn new American English words thru watching t.v. If I am not sure what the word means I either take out our family dictionary or just type the misspelled word on to Google. This is also why I watch with American English subtitles - so that I won't deal with misspelled words
