Sunday, August 19, 2018

Miscellaneous (Probably) Never-Before-Uttered Phrases

(I'll be adding to this list as the semester progresses, so check back often!)
  • Me while having difficulty shucking corn: "These corn silks had split ends."
  • My husband, referring to our cat, Opal: "Her reactions aren't fight or flight, they're fight, flight, or flop."
  • Anderson Cooper referring to Trump's "unrequited collusion"
  • John Oliver in a report about how Facebook's stock dropped by a number that equals the entire world cheese industry's value, "Facebook stock dropped by the concept of cheese." 
  • Jeffrey Toobin on CNN when someone defends Trump for just being Trump, "Federal law does not have an exception for people with colorful personalities."  
  • Rudy Giuliani speaking about Michael Cohen on Cuomo Primetime on CNN, "Anyone can Judas." (referring to the act of betrayal) 
  • Bill Browder on CNN, "Russia has a history of extra-territorial assassination." 
  • Betsy DeVos, "I have never intentionally visited schools that are under-performing." (Have you done it unintentionally, Betsy???)
  • Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory, "What it is is a cacophonous assault of eucalyptus, bayberry, cinnamon, and vanilla...it's as if my head were trapped inside the pijamas of a sultan."
  • Gene on Bob's Burgers, "It's like Avenue Q meets Caligula meets a fight outside of a Dairy Queen." 
  • Gene on Bob's Burgers speaking about a mansion, "I'm going to buy it as a vacation home for my ferrets!"
  • Stewie on Family Guy speaking about making a commercial for an investment company, "We're there for you when your baby marries his dog dad."
  • Homer Simpson on "The Simpsons": "Chewing your leg is not a yes...I learned that in a real estate deal."
  • Chris Hardwick on the no-longer-running show "@midnight" about Taylor Swift: "You dance like an unattended fire hose."
     

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