Top 10 Catch Phrases of 2006
December 28th, 2006
According to the Global Language Monitor, a company that tracks these sorts of things, here is a list of the top ten global catch phrases for the year 2006
1. Stay the Course – the Bush administration’s appeal to keep going in Iraq.
2. If I Did it – The title for OJ’s book about how he would have done it if he did do it
3. # - ) text speak for I’m wasted (drunk).
4. Airline Pulp – The Chinglish (Chinese/English Hybrid) word for airline food.
5. Serial Texter – a person who texts A LOT.
6. Global Warming – broken record of environmental alarmism
7. Keeping Parents Clueless – KPC – shorthand text notation for the act of keeping parents in the dark.
8. Brokeback Mountain – The movie about gay cowboys has launched a thousand bad jokes.
9. Come and Get it Fast – McDonald’s Chinese translation of ‘fast food’.
10. “You’re going to Hollywood!” – American Idol tag line
For your reference here are the top 10 phrases of 2005
1. Out of the Mainstream – politicians trying to discredit their opponents
2. Bird Flu/Avian Flu – new strain of flu
3. Politically Correct
4. North/South Divide – geographical separation between “have” and “have-nots”
5. Purple Finger/Thumb – Iraqi votes a digit stained purple to show they voted
6. Climate Change - (Or Global Warming.)
7. String Theory - The idea that the universe is actually constructed of 11 or more dimensions.
8. The Golden Quatrilateral - India’s new superhighway that links its major cities
9. Jumping the Couch - losing control like Tom Cruise on Oprah
10. Deferred Success – the idea in Britain that there is no failure just deferred success
Source: http://www.languagemonitor.com/
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