# Words or phrases that you hear a lot more in movies than the real world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720 "2011-08-31T03:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/1 "2011-08-31T03:40:33Z")
Inspired by the [“Silence!” thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622128). In that one I mentioned the large number of movies featuring upper class people who tell a room full of servants to “Leave us!”. Diogenes mentioned that “Let’s get out of here” (or some variant thereof) is probably the most spoken line in movies. What are some other lines that you hear a lot in movies but not so much in the real world? (Doesn’t have to be exact- there are lots of paraphrases.) A couple that come to mind: “This is bigger than you can possibly imagine” (used a lot in non-supernatural thrillers) “You are dealing with things you can’t possibly understand” (used a lot in supernatural thrillers) ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/2 "2011-08-31T03:44:26Z")
G, as in “deliver 100 Gs in unmarked bills.” ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/3 "2011-08-31T04:02:08Z")
“It’ll work because… it has to!” Cue dramatic soap opera stare. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/4 "2011-08-31T04:19:02Z")
[“You just don’t get it, do you?”](http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/06/10/just_dont_get_it_supercut) ETA: Oh, looks like somebody already linked to that in the other thread. Still, it’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/5 "2011-08-31T04:24:33Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > [“You just don’t get it, do you?”](http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/06/10/just_dont_get_it_supercut) You just don’t get it, do you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/6 "2011-08-31T04:36:31Z")
“Kill him!” or “Kill them!” As opposed to something more bureaucratic or euphemistic or professional sounding. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/7 "2011-08-31T04:54:19Z")
We find the \_\_\_\_\_, we find the \_\_\_\_\_\_. (As in “If we find X, it will lead us to Y”, but shortened to create drama) Examples…usually said by cops that just stumbled onto a clue that they feel is a huge break in the case: We find the truck, we find the drugs. We find the knife, we find the murderer We find the wallet, we find the rapist ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/8 "2011-08-31T04:55:51Z")
“Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/9 "2011-08-31T04:56:37Z")
The phrase “Psycho-babble-bullshit” appears frequently in movies, but I’ve never heard it in real life. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/10 "2011-08-31T05:02:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!” We have a winner. My entry: “We’ve got company.” . ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/11 "2011-08-31T05:06:39Z")
“That’s it!” Because that’s exactly what everyone says as soon as someone else feeds them the last missing piece to their brilliant idea that will always save the day (although while also at the same time managing to kill a second tier character just so we know the situation is serious.) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/12 "2011-08-31T05:19:14Z")
I have never heard the [wilhelm scream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio) in real life. But I hope to some day. Whats annoying is since I’ve discovered this I cant stop noticing it. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/13 "2011-08-31T06:23:46Z")
In real life, people often ask me for the date. They’ve never yet followed up with a wild-eyed request for THE YEAR! ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/14 "2011-08-31T06:58:43Z")
Someone addressing another person as ‘old friend’. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/15 "2011-08-31T07:13:16Z")
The whole, “You make me want to be a better man,” line of bs is only in movies…well, I hope so anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/16 "2011-08-31T08:21:49Z")
When I completed the interview process, and was eventually told I had the job, no one described me as ‘the chosen one’. They went on to not tell me that designing databases applications was my ‘destiny’ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/17 "2011-08-31T10:03:50Z")
“Take evasive action!” Or, you know, just get out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/18 "2011-08-31T10:34:53Z")
“So this whole time you were just dating me for a _bet_?” “They’ve done it! With grit, and nerve, and character, the plucky, ragtag, talentless underdogs have beaten the three-time champs. What a result. And what an inspiration for all the talentless ragtag underdogs out there watching!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/19 "2011-08-31T11:23:52Z")
“Medic!” I’ve only ever said this for real once in my life. It was… not fun. ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/20 "2011-08-31T11:32:15Z")
Nothing new to add at the moment but I wanted to let **Sitnam** know that even though he made me laugh hard, he is now on my curse list for pointing out an oddity I hadn’t realized before and that will now, invariably, take me out of a movie whenever it occurs. Thank you very much. 😃 **The Other Waldo Pepper** , I knew a mathematician student at the university who loved to pretend he is a time traveler. It was funny the first ten times. Mathematicians. Without his hover board, he wouldn’t have escaped many deserved beatings. [/lame joke] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720.md?page=2)