You know, whenever Snake takes something from somebody. Did this expression exist pre-Simpsons? If not, can anybody tell me in which Simpsons episode it first appeared?
I wasn’t sure whether this was GQ or CS material, please move if it is inappropriate here.
I don’t know the answer to the question.
I do know, however, that my 17 month old probably thinks “Thank You” means “Yoink.”
-FrL-
According to Wikipeda (The Simpsons - Wikipedia) it was first said in episode 16, season 4. According to my brain, however, it was a pale imitation of the ‘Zoinks!’ uttered by Shaggy in nearly every episode of Scooby-Doo.
But zoinks means yikes, while yoink means I’m taking this without your permission, right?
If that’s right, then I doubt the latter is an imitation of the former.
But I haven’t seen scooby doo since probably more than 15 years ago so I may be remembering the meaning of zoinks incorrectly.
-Kris
Well, I’ll be. Linked to from the Wikipedia article, this site has a yoink list. Unfortunately, it’s rather out of date, but there are only 3 occurrances on there of Snake using the expression. Huh.
I’ll have to go back and check, but I’m pretty sure it’s said in the “Tomacco” episode (actual title E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)) by the high-powered executive woman (she creates synergy) as she grabs the last tomacco plant Homer throws away. That may not be the first usage, but it was in season 11, which makes the Wikipedia reference suspect.