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Notable catchphrases from American television shows Catchphrase Character Series First appearance Notes "Aaay! Fonzie: Happy Days: 1974 [49] [50] [51]"And that's the way it is. ...
Writers use scare quotes for a variety of reasons. They can imply doubt or ambiguity in words or ideas within the marks, [18] or even outright contempt. [19] They can indicate that a writer is purposely misusing a word or phrase [20] or that the writer is unpersuaded by the text in quotes, [21] and they can help the writer deny responsibility for the quote. [19]
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
After This Man's initial burst in popularity, users on forums such as 4chan, as well as blogs like ASSME and io9, became suspicious that it was a guerrilla marketing stunt. [6] [10] A reverse-IP lookup of ThisMan.org revealed that its hosting company owned another domain named guerrigliamarketing.it, [9] "a fake advertising agency" founded by Natella that "designed subversive hoaxes and ...
A nightmare, also known as a bad dream, [1] is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety, disgust or sadness. The dream may contain situations of discomfort, psychological or physical terror, or panic .
"Caviar to the general" Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 431–440 ...brevity is the soul of wit, Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't, There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
One thing I want people to know about bad texters is that we don't hate you — we aren't bad at texting because we don't want to talk to you, we just don't want to text!"
Air quotes, also called finger quotes, are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. The gesture is typically done with both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye or shoulders level of the speaker, with the index and middle fingers on each hand flexing at the beginning and end of the phrase being ...