# How about 100 Seinfeld-isms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318 "2006-03-21T18:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/121 "2006-03-23T20:11:40Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I doubt this counts but “coquettish haberdasher” has got to be one of the most amusing phrases ever spoken. I love when they do that - Peterman is good for those. Like when the cake inspector said it was “two nineteen”, he called him a “glorious titwillow.” He also mentioned that Walter has a “polyp in the duodenum.” And when Elaine’s pretend cheated on her, “that wasn’t Zack, that was the Yam Yam!” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/122 "2006-03-23T20:21:37Z")
“BOSCO!!!” “It feels like aliens are invading my body!” “You _end_ with the swirl!” “It was like a big lavish production with lots of razzle dazzle but no storyline.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/123 "2006-03-23T20:50:35Z")
“Schnitzer’s.” “I stopped short!” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/124 "2006-03-23T21:37:53Z")
Invisible suitcases. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/125 "2006-03-23T21:50:46Z")
Already touched upon, but properly expressed as: **Independent George**. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/126 "2006-03-23T21:53:47Z")
“I’ve got hand!” - George “Vile weed!” - Newman Jimmy legs - Kramer “Cable Boy!” - Kramer Urban Sombrero - Elaine “Jimmy’s down!” - Jimmy “You’re a VERY bad man!” - Babu ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/127 "2006-03-23T22:04:11Z")
**Ball _Man_** , from the episode with the tennis tournament, the deaf girl and George getting dumped for stuffing his face on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/128 "2006-03-23T22:08:12Z")
[Kramer]C-c-c-c-CAT fight?!?[/Kramer] ---
**Author:** ![cardsfan1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cardsfan1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardsfan1975)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/129 "2006-03-23T23:12:54Z")
I find the pastrami to be the most sensual of all the salted cured meats. cf’75 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/130 "2006-03-24T03:31:10Z")
“Billy Mumphrey was a cock-eyed optimist…” ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/131 "2006-03-24T03:52:11Z")
“You double dipped!” ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/132 "2006-03-24T03:55:12Z")
“It moved.” ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/133 "2006-03-24T04:00:42Z")
“The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli…” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/134 "2006-03-24T04:02:36Z")
“I can’t carry a pen, I’m afraid it’ll puncture my scrotum.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/135 "2006-03-24T05:12:14Z")
Marble rye. Ahhh-HAAAAAAA! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-100-seinfeld-isms/349318/136 "2006-03-24T05:22:17Z")
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