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« on: October 07, 2005, 10:28:20 am »
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The Simpsons television series has used many interesting words and phrases over the years, the most famous of which is Homer\'s saying: "D\'oh!", which is referred to in scripts, as well as several episode names, as "annoyed grunt". D\'oh is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and even in smaller ones such as OUP\'s one volume Oxford Dictionary of English (second edition).


some quick ones:
BBBQ
A variation of the BBQ abbreviation for barbecue, Homer claims the extra B is for BYOBB. When Lisa asks what the extra \'B\' is for in BYOBB, Homer replies that it\'s a typo.

Kwyjibo
Kwyjibo (IPA: /kwdibo/) is a fictitious word made up by Bart Simpson during a game of Scrabble with his family. In the episode "Bart the Genius", Bart puts "Kwyjibo" on the board and scores upwards of 150 points (50 of those points having been obtained by using all his letters). When Homer Simpson asks Bart what a Kwyjibo is, Bart replies, "A big, dumb, balding North American ape. With no chin." Marge Simpson adds in, "…and a short temper". At this point, Homer chases Bart away, causing him to exclaim, "Uh oh! Kwyjibo on the loose!" Humorously enough, earlier in that same episode, Homer moans words to the effect of "How could anyone form a good word out of these letters?" His Scrabble letters spell OXIDIZE, and were arranged in that order. The word would be worth a minimum of 74 points, including 50 points for using all his letters.

Kwyjibo acquired some later notoriety as an alias used by the writer of the Melissa worm.

Kwyjibo was also adopted as the name of a relatively advanced and popular yo-yo string trick in 1999 by Taylor Whitley, the trick\'s creator. The trick is often misspelled as Kwijibo, possibly as a result of a webboard poster who went by that handle.

Tramapoline
Pronounced "tram-AP-o-leen", it\'s Homer\'s word, used in excitement, for Trampoline. It was coined in the episode Bart\'s Inner Child.

In the episode, Homer also used another variation, Trambopoline ("tram-BOP-o-line").

Unpossible
Spoken by Ralph Wiggum in the episode Lisa on Ice, as a pronunciation of "impossible."
(Upon Principal Skinner informing him that he\'s failing English class) Me fail English? That\'s unpossible!
Interestingly, "unpossible" appears in Shakespeare\'s Richard II, Act 2, Scene 2: Line 129[4].


The full list at wikipedia
"i heard that after he crossed the finish line he proceeded to wrestle down and pin a full sized grizzly bear"- ds673488

"if i listened to the distance on repeat, i\'d be wearing yellow jerseys like a motherfucker" - zuke

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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2005, 11:18:05 am »
Is saxamaphone on the list?

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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2005, 11:20:40 am »
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Is saxamaphone on the list?


Saxomophone
Homer\'s word for Lisa\'s favorite instrument.

He also seems to be unable to pronounce several other instruments. In the episode where Homer tells Lisa the story of how she got her sax, he suggests a few other potential instruments: oboe-ma-bo, vio-mo-lin and tuba-ma-ba. There is a chance this may be a form of Gibberish.

During Lisa\'s absence, Homer attempted to "play" Lisa\'s baritone saxophone in her memory by singing "Saxomophone" to Beethoven\'s Fifth Symphony into it.
"i heard that after he crossed the finish line he proceeded to wrestle down and pin a full sized grizzly bear"- ds673488

"if i listened to the distance on repeat, i\'d be wearing yellow jerseys like a motherfucker" - zuke

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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2005, 02:39:14 pm »
Tomacco
A tomato and tobacco hybrid.
By far one of my favorite Simpsons ideas.

"During Lisa\'s absence, Homer attempted to "play" Lisa\'s baritone saxophone in her memory by singing "Saxomophone" to Beethoven\'s Fifth Symphony into it." Truly a beautiful Simpsons family moment.
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2005, 03:39:45 pm »
"meh" is my personal fave.

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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2005, 04:03:47 pm »
"glayven" Professor Fink
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2005, 05:47:54 pm »
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  rotfl  

awesome thread!!

some of my personal favorites:

cromulent  - from the Jebidiah Springfield episode, when they are questioning the word embiggens, Miss Hoover says "its a perfectly cromulent word" -- awesome!!

craptacular - a nelson original i think -- this one has made its way into my personal lexicon... as well as "yoink" (but only while stealing something.... lol)
and what CAN you do, when your world is invaded by a reggaejunkiejew?!?

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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2005, 05:55:21 pm »
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cromulent  - from the Jebidiah Springfield episode, when they are questioning the word embiggens, Miss Hoover says "its a perfectly cromulent word" -- awesome!!


Me and a friend of mine use this word routinely, if you make a word up or use the wrong word, but it makes sense, hence cromulent.

it\'s applicable  more than you\'d think
Everywhere there\'s lots of piggies, Living piggy lives. You can see them out for dinner With their piggy wives, Clutching forks and knives To eat their bacon

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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2005, 06:00:25 pm »
that glass of Malk tasted craptacular!

ooops... sorry princess!

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« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2005, 06:05:35 pm »
Führerific
How Bart describes what is claimed to be Hitler\'s car "It\'s Führerific."

:doh:
Everywhere there\'s lots of piggies, Living piggy lives. You can see them out for dinner With their piggy wives, Clutching forks and knives To eat their bacon