# The phrase 'jumped the shark' has jumped the shark! Ahaha! Ahaha!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 13, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832 "2003-02-13T14:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/21 "2003-02-13T22:45:07Z")

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Ok, did we need to hear this rant _ **yet again!?!?** _

It has so jumped the shark! 😃

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/22 "2003-02-13T23:30:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NinetyWt \*  
> \*\*Um… what does it mean? I’ve never heard the expression …😕  
> (I know, I probably just busted my ignorance… ) \*\*

Either that, or we’re old

Because I’ve never heard it either.

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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/23 "2003-02-14T13:45:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by wring \*  
> \*\*“jumped the shark”
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> “passed it’s prime”
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> not sure one is more succinct than the other. \*\*

The latter is more succinct because it is a common phrase and so is not deliberately exclusionist and does not tempt people to demonstrate their “coolness” or possibly lack of it thereof by using it at every opportunity, warranted or not.

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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/24 "2003-02-14T14:26:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Eonwe \*  
> \*\*Ok, did we need to hear this rant _ **yet again!?!?** _
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> It has so jumped the shark! 😃 \*\*

Sadly, I think that the OP was arguing **for** the use of this stupid ass cliche.

I concur with the poster who denoted the phrase as a favorite of the idiot wanna-be CBG’s of the world.

However, use of “the phrase” does serve one valuable purpose- helping to identify the user as a moron to the other users. Thus that person’s post can be easily ignored or given the mocking it richly deserves.

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/25 "2003-02-14T14:34:54Z")

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mmm … 1 point 5 Pie.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/26 "2003-02-14T14:42:49Z")

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Shark, shark, shark, shark. Lovely hark! Wonderful sharrrk! Lovely shark! Wonderful shark. Sha-r-r-r-r-r-r-rk! Sha-r-r-r-r-r-r-rk! Sha-r-r-r-r-r-r-rk! Sha-r-r-r-r-r-r-rk! Lovely shark! (Lovely shark!) Lovely shark! (Lovely shark!) Lovely sharrrk! Shark, shark, shark, sharrrk!

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/27 "2003-02-14T17:53:10Z")

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I was going to come in here and agree with the sentiment expressed in the title, but now OG SHARK

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**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-jumped-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark-ahaha-ahaha/154832/28 "2003-02-14T18:05:36Z")

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“Past it prime” is different than “jumped the shark”. “Jumped the shark” implies a specific event from which you can say it is all over. “Past its prime” does not.

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