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lapis_lazuli022) wrote2002-03-01 09:57 am
lapis_lazuli022) wrote2002-03-01 09:57 am
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inside phrases
Inspired (again) by Michele's blog and the origins of Do not pee in the Millennium Falcon, I'm thinking about the various inside jokes / words / phrases that I have with various people, which make perfect sense to us but seem incomprehensible to others.
Some of them stem from simple typos [*blinkt*], some through shared experience, some through media reference.
It seems appropriate to relate my own Star Wars story here, while I reflect on the etymologies of such classics as railiens, weem, woogums, pucks, and "i did it on purpose", and try to think of the others that I probably take for granted.
I was about 5 or 6 when the original Star Wars hit the theatres for the first time. (This will make you, the reader, either feel very old or very young.) We were living in northern Virginia. My parents, both being sci-fi nuts, decided to go into DC to see in Dupont Circle on the biggest screen around and with *gasp* Dolby sound (ooooo!).
I was frightened of lots of things as a little kid, including loud noises. My parents, who had already seen it once, warned me that it might be a little scary. I was prepared, and really excited to be seeing a grown-up movie.
The movie started. The big ship flew overhead. The battle in the corridor ensued, and as the music turned ominous and camera panned in on the door Darth Vader was about to walk through, I climbed into the nearest parent's lap and whispered:
"When I said I wanted to see this movie, I didn't mean right now."
That phrase has stuck in our family, and has been used to express the "I'm having cold feet about this" sentiment ever since.
Some of them stem from simple typos [*blinkt*], some through shared experience, some through media reference.
It seems appropriate to relate my own Star Wars story here, while I reflect on the etymologies of such classics as railiens, weem, woogums, pucks, and "i did it on purpose", and try to think of the others that I probably take for granted.
I was about 5 or 6 when the original Star Wars hit the theatres for the first time. (This will make you, the reader, either feel very old or very young.) We were living in northern Virginia. My parents, both being sci-fi nuts, decided to go into DC to see in Dupont Circle on the biggest screen around and with *gasp* Dolby sound (ooooo!).
I was frightened of lots of things as a little kid, including loud noises. My parents, who had already seen it once, warned me that it might be a little scary. I was prepared, and really excited to be seeing a grown-up movie.
The movie started. The big ship flew overhead. The battle in the corridor ensued, and as the music turned ominous and camera panned in on the door Darth Vader was about to walk through, I climbed into the nearest parent's lap and whispered:
"When I said I wanted to see this movie, I didn't mean right now."
That phrase has stuck in our family, and has been used to express the "I'm having cold feet about this" sentiment ever since.