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Have any expressions from TV shows ended up in your regular vocabulary
Steve9214
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Not sure where to put this thread, but here goes.
Have you heard anything on TV that you now use in your regular speaking vocabulary.
I had a hospital appointment today and wife asked me what we would do about food,
so I replied : "I'll pick up a bucket of beaks on the way back" (meaning fried chicken)
This expression "Bucket of beaks" came from Married with Children years ago, when Al Bundy was ordering food for his neighbours wedding on the cheap, and asked if the "Bucket o'beaks" came with claws as well.
I also had a habit a while back when describing anything or paraphrasing, by saying "Yadda, yadda, yadda, the thing the thing"
Which was how the oil refinery boss used to speak in "Grace Under Fire"
I know these are US shows - but - apart from Apprentice type idiots speaking like David Brent - have you or anyone you know taken to a phrase you heard on TV.
Not catchphrases - just something random that must have stuck in your brain, and you use regularly. ?
Have you heard anything on TV that you now use in your regular speaking vocabulary.
I had a hospital appointment today and wife asked me what we would do about food,
so I replied : "I'll pick up a bucket of beaks on the way back" (meaning fried chicken)
This expression "Bucket of beaks" came from Married with Children years ago, when Al Bundy was ordering food for his neighbours wedding on the cheap, and asked if the "Bucket o'beaks" came with claws as well.
I also had a habit a while back when describing anything or paraphrasing, by saying "Yadda, yadda, yadda, the thing the thing"
Which was how the oil refinery boss used to speak in "Grace Under Fire"
I know these are US shows - but - apart from Apprentice type idiots speaking like David Brent - have you or anyone you know taken to a phrase you heard on TV.
Not catchphrases - just something random that must have stuck in your brain, and you use regularly. ?
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That's saaaad.