# The world's most unhip phrase must be eradicated with a 'nucular' bomb **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598 "2014-12-07T21:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/1 "2014-12-07T21:09:08Z")
“brother from another mother.” **The proof:** The two former presidents have developed a close friendship, with > [@(George W.) Bush](#): > > [sometimes calling Clinton his “brother from another mother.”](http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/politics/george-w-bush-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush/index.html?hpt=hp_c2) ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/2 "2014-12-08T05:51:47Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > “brother from another mother.” > > **The proof:** The two former presidents have developed a close friendship, with So is Hilary his sister from another mister? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/3 "2014-12-08T05:53:10Z")
Aw, give 'em that. I think it’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/4 "2014-12-08T15:36:40Z")
The OP’s post is the one and only encounter I’ve had with this phrase. Apparently it’s perfectly possible to live a normal USAian life without it. Perhaps the OP (person) travels in the wrong circles. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/5 "2014-12-08T15:52:28Z")
> [@manila](#): > > So is Hilary his sister from another mister? Bravo. Well-played. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/6 "2014-12-08T17:52:11Z")
The first and only time I’ve heard this phrase used is in _There Will be Blood_ when DDL’s character is talking to his long lost brother. Not knowing that it’s a current phrase, I thought it was funny yet somehow anachronistic (well, duh). Shall I assume it falls under the same vernacular as “baby mama”? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/7 "2014-12-08T18:22:42Z")
I’m not sure if the phrase was used as such, but in _Northern Exposure_ Chris Stevens, who was white, had a black “brother from another mother” (literally his half-brother), Bernard. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/8 "2014-12-08T18:23:05Z")
Well, I suppose it is better than saying ‘Bro from a ho’. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/9 "2014-12-08T18:31:32Z")
It is true that if George W. Bush uses it, it has no more hip than a garter snake. Were George W. Bush to be all about the bass, I should indeed be for treble. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-unhip-phrase-must-be-eradicated-with-a-nucular-bomb/706598/10 "2014-12-08T18:48:18Z")
> [@manila](#): > > So is Hilary his sister from another mister? … cousin from some auntie lovin’, … uncle from a grandad’s spunkle, … niece from a sister’s piece?