# Simpsons phrases that have entered the language **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880 "2003-08-18T02:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/1 "2003-08-18T02:19:52Z")
D’oh! Purple Monkey Dishwasher Eat my shorts Ay carumba! Mmmmmm… (object) Eeeeeexxccellent ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/2 "2003-08-18T02:26:29Z")
Yoink! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/3 "2003-08-18T02:35:21Z")
_HA-HA!_, Nelson-style. Release the hounds! ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/4 "2003-08-18T02:45:39Z")
It tastes like… Burning! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/5 "2003-08-18T02:48:41Z")
Cromular Intrubulating ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/6 "2003-08-18T02:49:27Z")
[in a meanacing voice] Do it! Eat it! Play it! etc… and… JEEBUS! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/7 "2003-08-18T02:50:11Z")
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/8 "2003-08-18T02:53:06Z")
_D’oh!_ I meant **Cromulent** “Hepped up on Goofballs” K-W-Y-J-I-B-O… Kwyjibo. 22 points… plus 50 points for using all my letters! Game’s over, I’m outta here… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/9 "2003-08-18T02:56:27Z")
Threads like this embiggens us all! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/10 "2003-08-18T03:01:19Z")
“That’s un-possible!” ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/11 "2003-08-18T03:18:01Z")
craptacular Also, I think the “mmmmm…(something)” is overrated. The vastly superior and vastly underrated phrase is Homer’s “(something), eh?” ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/12 "2003-08-18T03:28:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*Also, I think the “mmmmm…(something)” is overrated. The vastly superior and vastly underrated phrase is Homer’s “(something), eh?” \*\* Yeah, though everytime I do that I think I’m the only one who gets it. And I’ll add Apu’s “Thank you, come again!” ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/13 "2003-08-18T03:31:20Z")
Okaly-dokaly. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/14 "2003-08-18T03:47:13Z")
“A wizard did it.” ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/15 "2003-08-18T03:50:26Z")
Entered the language, maybe not but I love “That cactus is right.” ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/16 "2003-08-18T03:51:56Z")
Beer me. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/17 "2003-08-18T04:10:07Z")
One time I was with my brother, and I described something as serendipitous. He wasn’t sure what I meant by it, but as I explained it he said “Ohh, you mean pulling a Homer!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/18 "2003-08-18T05:03:18Z")
[homer]Augggggggghhhhhhhh…[/homer] ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/19 "2003-08-18T05:28:28Z")
Awsoma power! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880/20 "2003-08-18T06:17:47Z")
Homer: Fugu me! George Harrison (rolling his limo window down to see the Be Sharps playing on Moe’s Tavern roof - Homer in Nehru coat): **"It’s been done."** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-phrases-that-have-entered-the-language/195880.md?page=2)