# What words remind you of Seinfeld (Hi Annie :-) )

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 23, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182 "2007-03-23T14:43:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/1 "2007-03-23T14:43:56Z")

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In the past few days I’ve noticed a few:

Burma/Myanmar  
Minsk  
jambalaya! (in Newman’s voice)  
bisque

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**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 23, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/2 "2007-03-23T15:00:14Z")

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“Move the (insert word).” Move the shoes, move the shoes, move…the…shoes.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/3 "2007-03-23T15:04:21Z")

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Thee’s a bunch of them Seinfeld introduced into the lexicon, including “manhands” and “regifter.” Also “Master of My Domain.”

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/4 "2007-03-23T15:05:51Z")

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Salsa

I eat a lot of mexican food and a lot of salsa. And everytime I’m at the counter filling up the little cups with various salsas I think “Salsa. Because people like to say salsa.”

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**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, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/5 "2007-03-23T15:07:05Z")

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Jujyfruit!

Junior mints.

Snapple.

BOSCO!

Sad!

Get! OUT!!

Dih-DIH-dih-dih-dah!

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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/6 "2007-03-23T15:07:06Z")

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plantains  
tippy-toe!  
man hands  
regifting  
svengali  
Cartrite

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/7 "2007-03-23T15:09:07Z")

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Virgin  
Sponges.

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**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/8 "2007-03-23T15:30:44Z")

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Double-dipped: “You double-dipped a chip!”

Moops.

Ukraine.

Be-bopping and scatting!

Festivus.

_Hello!_

Anti-Dentite!

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**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/9 "2007-03-23T15:31:18Z")

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Delores!

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**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/10 "2007-03-23T15:48:17Z")

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manure

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/11 "2007-03-23T16:04:07Z")

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shrinkage

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**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:** [March 23, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/12 "2007-03-23T16:15:14Z")

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pony  
mutton  
sidle  
b.o.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/13 "2007-03-23T16:16:40Z")

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Mulva

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**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/14 "2007-03-23T16:28:32Z")

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DI-a-phragm; I can’t hear that word without thinking of Elaine’s emphatic pronounciation in that awkward scene with the virgin…

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/15 "2007-03-23T17:03:34Z")

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Babka

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**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:** [March 23, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/16 "2007-03-23T17:18:58Z")

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Reading this is making me smile, remembering all the shows that are being referenced. A few that I’m not getting are **plantains** , **“move the . . .”** ,  
**sad!** and **dih-DIH-dih-dih-dah.** Can someone please refresh my memory?

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**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, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/17 "2007-03-23T18:30:12Z")

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[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB]  
Reading this is making me smile, remembering all the shows that are being referenced. A few that I’m not getting are **plantains** , **“move the . . .”** ,  
**sad!** and **dih-DIH-dih-dih-dah.** Can someone please refresh my memory?  
[/QUOTE]

“Sad!” is what Jerry Seinfeld would occasionally exclaim when some hapless person tripped, fell or keeled over (in lieu of helping them in any way, shape or form.)

“Dih-DIH-dih-dih-dah” is the nervous retort that Kramer tended to utter when anyone (usually Jerry) yelled at him for his bad behavior.

The other two - I dunno.

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**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/18 "2007-03-23T18:59:27Z")

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“That’s a shame.”

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/19 "2007-03-23T19:14:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Ghanima]  
Babka  
[/QUOTE]

marble rye 🙂

oh, and (thin layer of) gabardine

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**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, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-remind-you-of-seinfeld-hi-annie/397182/20 "2007-03-23T19:29:33Z")

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Ensconced (in velvet)  
Cape  
Shmoopie  
Bro  
Manzier  
Serenity (now!)  
Rachelle  
Indian Giver  
Jumbo Shrimp  
Jerk Store

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