# Words or phrases that were that were coined by a TV show or movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081 "2020-11-20T23:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/221 "2020-12-06T23:02:06Z")
I have seen “Resistance is futile” in non Star Trek contexts. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/222 "2020-12-06T23:04:27Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > We are here to PUMP YOU UP There are probably _dozens_ of examples of SNL-derived catchphrases. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/223 "2020-12-06T23:41:12Z")
“Same Procedure as Every Year” is a German catchphrase from an English bit of humor apparently shown yearly on German TV [Dinner for One - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/224 "2020-12-06T23:52:15Z")
You don’t hear it so much these days, but when I was younger, people would sometimes leave work or school and say “See you tomorrow,” and then add “Same bat-time, same bat-channel!” ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/225 "2020-12-07T01:36:06Z")
Believe it or not, I still hear it and use it here and there: “Same bat time, same bat channel”. I still remember as late as the early 80s when someone refers to a specific time of day for a meet-up or whatever, some would say something like “_Around eight o’clock…seven central and mountain_” referring to national networks when they’d announce a show or TV movie. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/226 "2020-12-07T03:12:45Z")
Almost every post in this thread is simply a catchphrase or famous line. Not what the OP was asking for: > [@WildaBeast](#): > > Are there any other examples of words essentially being made up for a TV show or movie, that ended up entering the language as everyday words? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/227 "2020-12-07T20:33:09Z")
An original catchphrase would conform to the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/228 "2020-12-07T20:34:06Z")
Bippy? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/229 "2020-12-07T21:02:33Z")
Catfishing? ---
**Author:** ![eburacum\_45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum_45/32/3385_2.png) [@eburacum\_45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum_45)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/230 "2020-12-07T21:15:56Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I have seen “Resistance is futile” in non Star Trek contexts. Sure, like HHGTTG and _The Deadly Assassin_, both pre-Borg. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/231 "2020-12-07T22:39:52Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > An original catchphrase would conform to the thread title. And that is why you should read a post before you respond. The OP asks: > Are there any other examples of words essentially being made up for a TV show or movie Which is an interesting question. “What are some famous movie quotes?” is not. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/232 "2020-12-08T00:04:04Z")
The OP later came back to clarify: > [@WildaBeast](#): > > I actually very nearly included a sentence in the OP specifically stating that I didn’t mean simply catch phrases that were made popular by a show… > > To clarify, I said “or phrases” because I didn’t want to limit the discussion to only single words. But that doesn’t mean every single popular catch phrase qualifies. I was thinking more of new expressions invented to describe a concept that we previously didn’t have a succinct name for. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/233 "2020-12-08T00:05:06Z")
It is ambiguous if the title and op differ. My point is that thread titles get responses too. It will be futile to police them. Movie “quotes” and “phrases that express new concepts” can intersect but not always or by definition. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/234 "2020-12-08T00:42:24Z")
The useful word “meh” was not invented by the Simpsons, but it seems fair to say that it was popularized by it. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/235 "2020-12-08T00:45:11Z")
“I for one welcome our new (blank) overlords” was created by the Simpsons and as achieved quite a bit of popularity [Language Log: "I, for one, welcome our new \* overlords"](http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000399.html) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/236 "2020-12-08T02:48:04Z")
“Festivus” from _Seinfeld_. It was created by the father of one of the writers and was a tongue-in-cheek day of observance in his family. The writer introduced it in the episode _The Strike_ as a holiday created by George Costanza’s father, Frank. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/237 "2020-12-08T03:21:24Z")
Shwing! ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/238 "2020-12-08T03:49:23Z")
While watching a TV show tonight, they mentioned their “bucket list”. Has that been mentioned yet? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/239 "2020-12-08T03:55:27Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > While watching a TV show tonight, they mentioned their “bucket list”. Was it Family Feud? Speaking of which, “Survey Says…” has entered the lexicon as a result of that show. ---
**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, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081/240 "2020-12-08T04:07:41Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > While watching a TV show tonight, they mentioned their “bucket list”. > Has that been mentioned yet? Yep… > [@Colibri](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > Did “pay it forward” and “bucket list” originate in _Pay it Forward_ and _The Bucket List_? > > “Bucket list” was in fact coined by the writer of the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-were-that-were-coined-by-a-tv-show-or-movie/926081.md?page=13)