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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 08:52:51 GMT
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On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 00:00:26 GMT, "Karim" <knassar@mindspring.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, Terry Keller writes:
> > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 18:46:25 GMT, "Brent Curtis" <bxu@zerg.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
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> Hehehe, true, but then, is it any less dorky than "Hip" or my all time
> favorite rediculous slang expression: "Word!"
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> --Karim
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, stupid. What is really bad about it is,
you can't just utter the expression any old way. You have to give it that
forceful inflection. Which only serves to make the person saying it look even
more stupid.
Concerning "It's so Wizard!", I predict that it will become a popular slang
term for use by boys age 6 to 11. Though it will rapidly die out. (1)
Word!
-- Terry K --
1. to be replaced by "gear" :-)
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