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Re: Episode 1 SW add in catalog: am I missing something?
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lugnet.starwars
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Sun, 28 Mar 1999 00:00:26 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Terry Keller writes:
> On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 18:46:25 GMT, "Brent Curtis" <bxu@zerg.com> wrote:
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> > I've got it. Lucas is trying to coin a new phrase with the Star Wars movie • and
> > its hype. They're trying to introduce "wizard" as a term that we're all
> > supposed to use in conversation.
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> You might be right. It will interesting to see if it catches on. Personally,
> I think it sounds dorky.
> The Beatles tried this once - there phrase was "Gear". Sort of synomynous • with
> "Cool". Obviously, even the Beatles couldn't make it catch on.
Hehehe, true, but then, is it any less dorky than "Hip" or my all time
favorite rediculous slang expression: "Word!"
--Karim
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 | | Re: Episode 1 SW add in catalog: am I missing something?
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| (...) Stupid slang expressions. This could evolve into a mega-thread. Hip is medium dorky - the variant of "Hep Cat" was worse. And, since the passing of Sammy Davis Jr., only seems to apply to Paul whatsisname on Letterman. And Word! is just, well, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Episode 1 SW add in catalog: am I missing something?
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| (...) You might be right. It will interesting to see if it catches on. Personally, I think it sounds dorky. The Beatles tried this once - there phrase was "Gear". Sort of synomynous with "Cool". Obviously, even the Beatles couldn't make it catch on. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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