20 daily words and phrases invented on the screen

It is shocking the amount of your vocabulary of a television.


Who said you can not learn something from television and movies? Our entertainment is responsible for the formatting of culture, providing models and wicked, as well as modifications of fashion. But it is also a source of a surprising range of new words and phrases that could have seems a funny Punchline or the Goofy touch on a familiar idea when it was pronounced on the screen, but proven surprisingly lasting. Here are 20 words and sentences ranging from slang words, to what seems now look like expressions we have always said. And for more rock-inspired laughter, checkThe 30 most funny jokes of television advertisements.

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Nimrod

nimrod Invented Onscreen

Although this made reference to the origin of the biblical figure that was king of the country of Shinar, we know it today as meaning "idiot" or "idiot" (with excuses at the shinar royalty). The modern use of the Word was introduced by this swimming of Tilsster Bunny, who used it in 1932 to insult his Elmer Fudd antagonist, exclaiming "Which nimrod! "And for more memorable insults, check30 times famous people dissened other celebrities hilariously.

2
Raw

Invented Onscreen

An excellent word to transmit that you are crazy and drunk - or high and drunk - this word appears in many rap songs. It could therefore surprise you to learn that the world's world in the world may have introduced it to the world.

"CRUNK" was used for the first time onThe night with Conan O'Brien For a sketch where he wassupposed to serve As a "Make-Croi the word curse so we can have the same laughs as curses come to television without having to deal with censors", as the writer of the Robert Smigel show described. And for more end-of-night shows, check30 moments of late TV at the most scandalous night ever.

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Gas ice cream

husband gaslighting wife Invented Onscreen

This word, which means a kind of psychological manipulation that causes another person to doubt his own mental health, first had this modern meaning from a 1944 film of the same name. The cinema starsIngrid Bergman As a woman who sees things in an old fantasy house - including the cooking gases of light light. The husband convinced him that she is crazy ... or rather, la lammer. And for more language, consult these40 words more than 40 years old do not understand.

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Catfish

Invented Onscreen

Another old word that has a new meaning thanks to a movie of the same name. "To Catfish" had wanted to try to catch minor mustaches until this documentary on a guy is misled as to the identity of the person he chats with online gave him a modern sense. In case you are worried about becoming warm, check these10 celebrities on Tinder.

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OH

D'oh Invented Onscreen

The ideal way to say "Oops" or "Ouch", of course, invented by Homer Simpson onWins Mate.The simpsons. It comes back when it was only a short shorts as part of theTRACEY ULLMAN SHOW, in the 1988 court "Boxing bag. "

Homer's voice,Dan Castellaneta, used it as a way to suggest the Word version of the curse of "Darn" without pronouncing blasphemies. The rest is the story. And for more good mood, check the30 Sitcom the most funny of all time.

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Me

Meh Invented Onscreen

Although this word, expect a general feeling to be without impression with something,has roots in yiddish and a version of it was used by Poet w.h. Auden, it was reallyThe simpsonsThis has popularized it as the modern term we use for today, in 1994 "Sideshow Bob Roberts"Episode.

According to John Swartzwelder, theSimpsonsWriter who included him in the show script "I had heard at the origin of the word of an advertising writer appointed Howie Krakow of 1970 or 1971 who insisted on the most funny word in the world."

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Bipped

bippy Invented Onscreen

This is not used as often as it was once, but Merriam-Websterdefined It is "used euphemism for an unspecified body of the body; generally understood as equivalent to [the back]", as in: "You bet your sweet hippy." It was used for the first time onRowan and Martin laugh-of.

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Sewer

dealbreakers Invented Onscreen

The term is not new transactions have been manufactured and broken for centuries - but use it specifically with reference to relationships is surprisingly recent.RockThe popularized in this context, with its show-in-a-show "Dealbreakers!"And if you are looking for good relationship tips, do not miss the30 great glaciers that are always hilarious.

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Wrap

Embiggen Invented Onscreen

Meaning "increase in size", it was a stupid false word originally used in an episode ofThe simpsons (Perhaps the biggest source of neologisms since Shakespeare) who has since found his way intoAcademic newspapers and theOxford English Dictionary.

10
Monty full

The Full Monty Invented Onscreen

This independent surprise hit the middle-aged men earning money as a stripper redefined this British term for "all the thing": stripping until you are naked.

11
The perfect storm

The Perfect Storm Invented Onscreen

Of course, it was a wildly popular book, but theGeorge Clooney andMark Wahlberg An adaptation to catastrophe cinema has spread a new new and more dramatic shot to replace the cliché of the "Murphy's law" - a term to describe a situation where everything that can be wrong is to be wrong.

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Omnishable

omnishambles Invented Onscreen

A more funny way to say "the perfect storm", although the most popular term in the United Kingdom that the United States is a porter combining "Omni" (as in everything) and "shambles" (as in a disaster). When everything happens on the side, its "Omnishables" and the show that created it ispolitical satireThe thick of it where the sick spin-mouth doctor Malcolm Tucker insults a character to do everything, he says, "You are an Omnishe Omnishe, that's what you are. You are like this coffee machine, you know: bean to the cup, you buckles. "Thank you to the British MPEd Miliband use it to criticize the government budget and the "Romneshambrels" to become the way for the summary of the candidateMitt Romney 'An awkward visit to the UK in the 2012 elections, it was selected as word of Oxford Dictionary in 2012.

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Bucket list

Bucket List Invented Onscreen

THIS RINGARDJack Nicholson / Morgan Freeman Film popularized the idea of ​​making a list of indispensable items "before hitting the bucket."Slate Found the term used in a 2004 novel, but it was the film that made it popular. And yes, it persists today. We use it. Just see the40 Best pebble list experiences for people over 40 years old.

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Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal Invented Onscreen

Technically, this sentence had come out in the world, in legal documents and other areas, but after the 1993 film of the title, it was a very specific thing: paying someone to sleep with their spouse.

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Friend zone

Friend Zone Invented Onscreen

This term, referring to being stuck as friends rather than romantic partners, has been popularized onFriends. In the 1994 episode "The one with the power failure, "The character of Ross is described as" mayor of the area of ​​friends ".

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Mental fusion

Mind Meld Invented Onscreen

You may have used this to describe being "on the same page" with someone or understand their position on a subject. But then it is a practical metaphor for companies and relationships, it is from a literal psychic link between individuals onStar Trek where consciousness is shared.

17
Cupper

Howdy Doody Invented Onscreen

Nope, this one has not been originatedNinja turtles teenage mutantsAlthough this show has helped return it to popularity for a younger generation. In fact, it appeared for the first time on the spectacle of the children of the 1950sHowdy Doody. The writer of this show, Eddie Kean, proposed him as a held American character named Chief Thunderthud. In the 1960s, it was adopted by surfers and remained in the national vocabulary since.

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A lot?

much? Invented Onscreen

As in, "complain a lot?" This use of the word appeared first onSaturday Night Live. But it wasBuffy against vampiresthishelped to popularize the use of this way to say it. TheOxford English DictionaryCite this quote from the show: "A stranger, walking in the other direction, bump in Buffy, does not stop ... Buffy. Excuse a lot! Not rude or anything."

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Google

googled her Buffy Invented Onscreen

This one was actuallyinvented byBuffy. Using "Google" as a verb, as in "Google Im for knowledge", has been done onBuffyEpisode "Help" in 2002. The character of Willow Request Buffy, "Do you already have Choge?" To which Xander says, "she is 17 years old!" requiring a willow to explain: "It's a search engine." It was only a few months later that the American dialect company selected "to Google" as a new most useful word of 2002.

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Con

Plonker Invented Onscreen

Another word mainly British, which means "a stupid, inept or despicable person", like theOedthe dish,native in the showOnly fools and horses where the character ofBoy Said "Rodney! I did not want to drive! Which folder!" For more British words, check these9 words the British royals never say.

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