Just saw a Seinfeld commercial where Jerry watched some guy try, but fail, to get an exact dollar amount on the gas pump; Jerry called it the Classic Oversqueeze [caps mine].
What examples are there from the show where common, everyday ocurrences are turned into Proper Nouns/Proper Noun Phrases?
There must have been dozens.
Randy Smith
How about "He's a re-gifter." Spoken by Jerry and Elaine when they are talking about the label maker Elaine gave Tim Whatley (sp) for Christmas and then Tim gave the label maker to Jerry.
Then of course there are
"close-talkers" -played by Judge Reinhold "low-talkers" -played by Kramer's girlfriend in "The Puffy Shirt" and "high-talkers" -played by Elaine's friend's boyfriend (can't think of either of their names!)
Lynn
crsdd wrote:
And, also, there was a "long-talker." Can't remember the details, but Elaine was calling one of her girlfriends and getting her husband, who liked to talk on and on and on about nothing. Jerry gave him the title of "long-talker." Can anyone remember the episode?
In article , Dan Kennedy wrote:
That was Dan, the high-talker's predecessor, wasn't it? Didn't they break up because Elaine kept calling and hanging up?
Scott
[email] (Randy) wrote:
One of my personal favorites (and truly impossible to accomplish): The Roommate Switch.
"Double Dipping"
"Sponge Worthy"
In article , [email] writes:
Sorry, but your these aren't noun phrases. Read Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" to get a clue. "Double Dipping" is a verb phrase (or possibly a gerund), while "Spongeworthy" is most certainly an adjective. I'm not being picky, but do note the subject header.
Mitchell Virchick P225 ([email]) wrote:
Excellent point, my apologies.
"Double Dipper"
"Sponge Worthy One"
In article , [email] (Beddingfield) wrote:
Thanks for reminding me why I love this show so much! It has clever, clever, clever writing!--"the low talker" "close talker" "single pump" etc. sums right up what the person is talking about--creates a visual image in your head--and then they play with that for the rest of the show. I love it.
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Don't forget "Regifting" (with the label maker) . . .
How about "The Vault"????????
As in "It's in the vault....I can't say anything..."
But the verb that comes out of Seinfeld that I keep using is "GIDDIYUP"!!!! T
kAThrYN
In "The Cadillac", Jerry describes leaving your turn signal on when driving through Florida as a legal turn: it's called an "Eventual Left".
In article , [email] says...
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The Move, The Swirl, The Pinch, and Stopped Short