# Comic book phraseology in the MSM

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-books-manga\
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574 "2024-03-07T12:21:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/1 "2024-03-07T12:21:21Z")

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The talking heads have always used “superpowers” and “kryptonite”. Lately I’ve heard “origin story” and “spidey-sense” come up. Spidey-sense, a kind of precognition that spiders possess ( 🙄), is odd because I’m almost certain the people I’ve seen use it have never opened a Spider-man comic, and the term (afaik) wasn’t spoken that much in the movies.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/2 "2024-03-07T12:24:27Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Spidey-sense, a kind of precognition that spiders possess\*, is odd because I’m almost certain the people I’ve seen use it have never opened a Spider-man comic, and the term (afaik) wasn’t spoken that much in the movies.

“My spidey-sense is tingling” was a very common phrase in the 1960s cartoon version of Spider-Man.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/3 "2024-03-07T12:27:19Z")

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That has to be where they picked it up.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/4 "2024-03-07T12:35:43Z")

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> [@hogarth](#):
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> “My spidey-sense is tingling” was a very common phrase in the 1960s cartoon version of Spider-Man.

Not so–it uses “spider”, not “spidey”.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FPqPv2SKYUE/hqdefault.jpg "Spider-Man's spider sense") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqPv2SKYUE)

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/5 "2024-03-07T17:00:56Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> I’m almost certain the people I’ve seen use it have never opened a Spider-man comic

What possible clue could there be that someone has never read a Sider-Man comic book?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/6 "2024-03-07T17:10:29Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> > I’m almost certain the people I’ve seen use it have never opened a Spider-man comic
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> What possible clue could there be that someone has never read a Sider-Man comic book? -

Personally, I prefer Ciderman.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574/7 "2024-03-07T17:10:34Z")

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My Richie-sense tells me.