# First use of (Region) Strong phrase after tragedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382 "2018-06-04T00:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/1 "2018-06-04T00:33:22Z")
We’ve seen Vegas, Houston, Boston, and Vermont use this phrase after a tragedy. Vermont in 2011 was the first usage I remember seeing. Were they the first? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/2 "2018-06-04T01:04:40Z")
I always assumed it came out of the Lance Armstrong organization, LiveStrong which was started in 1997. According to The Internet there have been over 80 million yellow LiveStrong bracelets sold. In 2007 Stephen Colbert broke his wrist and his character Stephen Colbert started his Wrist Strong … organization? … which also had bracelets and raised money. [http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2027834\_2027833\_2027939,00.html](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2027834_2027833_2027939,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/3 "2018-06-04T01:45:35Z")
“The Internet” isn’t really a proper cite. According to The Internet the moon landing was a hoax and sharks don’t get cancer. Anyway, I’ve long thought that it’s high time the whole Xstrong thing was put to rest, along with “Straight Outta X”. Straight outta original ideas is more like it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/4 "2018-06-04T02:05:06Z")
Geez, sorry. Is the number of bracelets sold by the LiveStrong Foundation even germane to the conversation? I only said “the Internet” because I couldn’t remember if I had just read the 80mm stat on Wikipedia or somewhere else before I wrote my answer. I did read it on Wikipedia, in fact, and it came with a cite. An article that cites a report by Oprah Winfrey (I assume it was her intro to an interview she did with Armstrong which the article was referencing.) > **[Spin: Lance Armstrong’s confession and Livestrong's future](http://theconversation.com/spin-lance-armstrongs-confession-and-livestrongs-future-11616)** > > In his much anticipated interview with Oprah, Lance Armstrong surprised many by the extent to which he confessed to cheating, arrogant denial and bullying. But is this enough to protect the Livestrong… There’s your cite dude. Thanks for your Super insightful contribution to this thread. A finger wag and a complaint about the phrase in question. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/5 "2018-06-04T03:11:04Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > There’s your cite dude. Thanks for your Super insightful contribution to this thread. A finger wag and a complaint about the phrase in question. Well done. **Moderator Note** Let’s refrain from personal remarks directed at other posters. No warning issued. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-region-strong-phrase-after-tragedy/815382/6 "2018-06-04T03:57:05Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Anyway, I’ve long thought that it’s high time the whole Xstrong thing was put to rest, along with “Straight Outta X”. Straight outta original ideas is more like it. **Moderator Note** This is irrelevant to the subject of the thread, and amounts to threadshitting. If you can’t answer the question in the OP, there is no reason to respond to it. Colibri General Questions Moderator