Comedian Lewis Black on turning 60:
“Somebody said to me ‘60 is the new 40!’… No, it’s not! 60 is 60 and 40 is 40! That’s why they’re different fucking numbers!!”
Chartreuse is the new black.
Straight is the new gay.
This phrasing is meaningless and lazy, not to mention annoying, and I wish to eradicate it from the language.
Who’s with me?
Rant is the new mundane. 
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Lapooning the action an OP is taking about by engaging in that particular action is the new begging to be kicked square in the nuts. Just letting everyone know that up front.
But if we can’t use “___ is the new ___” then what will we use in its place?
In other words, what is the new “___ is the new ___”?
I’d be willing to go along with a restriction on “____ is the new ____” such that it could only be used in snide comebacks, not in direct assertions.
“OMG, have you tried an appletini? It’s the best thing ever!”
“Yeah, I hear it’s the new black.”
Yeah, but appletinis are so last week. In case you haven’t hard, pomegranate is the new apple.
Wait, I mean… ah, crap.
I wouldn’t mind it if it were true, but in 99% of the cases it’s not even remotely close
knew is the new gnu.
When somebody bumps into me, can I use my “[The color of whatever shirt/jacket I’m wearing] is the new invisible!?” just once more? Please?