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These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
"Time After Time: The Meaning of 80s Nostalgia". Laist (ed). The '80s Resurrected: Essays on the Decade in Popular Culture Then and Now. Macfarland. pp 9 to 76. See also passim. Critic's Notebook; Get Out Your Shoulder Pads: The 80's Are Here. The New York Times. 25 April 2001. The 70's Are So 90's. The 80's Are The Thing Now. The New York ...
Madonna pulled up to the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 wearing this now-iconic bridal-inspired look. She would later perform "Like A Virgin" and immediately become an MTV icon.
Thanks in part to "Top Gun 2," the 1980s are roaring back to the big and small screen, with shows like "Bridge and Tunnel" and "Gordita Chronicles."
Annually, over 600 girls from 60 countries participate in the ANNIKA Foundation initiatives – ranging from major golf events to development programs, Sorenstam said, in addition to giving almost ...
The film was a box office flop, grossing only $4.8 million against a $7 million budget. The film received aggressively negative reviews by critics, especially from famed critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert; with the latter saying the film was "as bad as any movie I've seen [in 1986], and so inept that not even the gymnastics scenes are interesting" and the former calling the film "complete ...
Every time the Asian exchange student, “Long Duk Dong,” appears onscreen, he does so to the sound of a gong, and Anthony Michael Hall’s nerd character has nonconsensual relations with a girl ...
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.