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The
Top 10 TV Catchphrases of 2004
Donald
Trump's dreaded words "You're
fired!" that he says to one
"Apprentice" contestant
every week tops the list of 10
television buzzwords assembled by
Global Language Monitor, a group
that keeps track of word usage
worldwide. Mr. Trump claims those
signature words were never planned.
They just popped out of his mouth
when the first contestant on the
first show had to be axed. We should
all ad lib so well!
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The
top 10 television buzzwords:
1. You're fired!
Show: "The Apprentice"
Just a thought: This is Donald
Trump's signature phrase. Wonder if
it will be inscribed on his
tombstone?
2. Mess O' Potamia
Show: "The Daily Show With Jon
Stewart"
Just a thought: More people who are
18 to 49 get their news from
"The Daily Show" than from
mainstream media.
3. Girlie men
Source: Gov. Schwarzenegger of
California
Just a thought: This transcends
politics as it moves into pop
culture.
4. God
Show: "Joan of Arcadia"
and "Angels in America"
Just a thought: Yes, God is now a
buzzword. The Supreme Being has
quite a presence on the small
screen!
5. Wardrobe malfunction
Shows: Super Bowl XXXVIII and the
Miss Universe Pageant
Just a thought: The recent Miss
Universe incident--she lost her
skirt in a well-publicized wardrobe
malfunction--reinforces the phrase
made popular by Janet Jackson's
breast-baring during the Super Bowl
halftime show.
The
top 25 worst TV characters ever
are...
6.
Infectious disease
Show: "CSI"
Just a thought: Evidently nothing
can contain the "CSI"
franchise! It's infectious, too.
7. OCD
Show: "Monk"
Just a thought: Tony Shaloub's
trademark obsessive-compulsive
disorder has given new hope to
neatniks everywhere.
8. The O.C. as a geographic
entity
Show: "The O.C."
Just a thought: TV has become a
"geography of the mind."
9. Extreme makeover
Show: From any of the reality-show
genre
Just a thought: Both
"extreme" and
"makeover"--in any
combination!
10. Grim reaper
Show: "Dead Like Me"
Just a thought: The grim reaper
hasn't made such an impact in
popular culture since Ingmar
Bergman's "Seventh Seal."
TV
shows are getting racier, portraying
the kind of sex that makes censors
squirm. But something else is also
happening that is getting nods of
approval.
Some
words you can forget? "Fuhgeddaboutit!"
Face it, "The Sopranos" is
so last season. Oh yes,
"so" is also so out. And
while you're at it, never ever say
"voted off the island."
It's so...oh fuhgeddaboutit.
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