Talk:Culturally significant words and phrases from The Simpsons/Archive 1

message: Should we allow proper nouns in this list?  This "article" is silly enough as it is, so I don't see why not.  We already have "Malk" and "Tomacco", so I don't see why we can't have:
Duff,
Fudd,
Krusty Brand Products, (In fact, Krusty can be used as an adjective),
Malibu Stacy,
Canyonero,
Flaming Moe,
Flaming Homer,
Kwik E Mart
etc... —209.217.75.67 (Talk) 
: That is a clever idea. It seems that since those proper nouns are considered fictional to us, we couldn't use those words in ours. The 'fictional items' in the show are already listed, either in List of vehicles in The Simpsons and List of fictional characters within The Simpsons but we could start a List of locations on The Simpsons too. What's unique is that the words on this list are usable in our world, and some of them are. Granted, some are just fun to read 'cause they remind you of that "great episode." —Fitch
::Many of these are presently listed under various Fictional brands articles (e.g. List of fictional beverages, etc.). --Arteitle 13:40, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Proper nouns aren't properly neologisms unless they are used more broadly as words (e.g. eponyms "gerrymander" and "sideburn" or genericides like kleenex or xerox). By this account, "Kwik-E-Mart" might have a case, but the rest of these suggestions should be nixed, along with some of the items in the article itself. (I don't see a way that "Blunch Black of Blotre Blame" could take on a lexicographical usage, for example) Dystopos 21:31, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Proper nouns''

message: The title of the episode 'Annoyed Grunt' does not refer to Homer's "D'oh!" catchphrase, but rather to a sound Marge often makes.
- It does indeed reference Homer's "D'oh!" -- Replace "annoyed grunt" with it and you get "E-I-E-I-D'oh!" (say it out loud if you don't get it).
206.116.141.183 02:59, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Annoyed Grunt''

message: What about the occurance of "Worst ___ ever!" as a popular phrase.  Such as, "Worst wiki page ever!" 
Equant 23:20, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: that's not made up.
I agree, it's more of a catchphrase. --17:25, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Worst '''word''' Ever''

message: This page is really in need of references. I have added a few, but please help! Most Simpsons episodes now have their own wikipedia pages. Raxolotl
::Here's a good source for many Simpsonsisms: Mmm? Hhmhmhm? Grmrmmm? at HeiDeas. Dystopos 21:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: ''References''

message: :(Note that Smarch is September joined with March, which are the tenth and the third months. 10 + 3 = 13, hence, Smarch is the thirteenth month.
What? September is the ninth month, so that makes 9 + 3 = 12, not 13... Sabbut 19:07, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right!  I cleaned up that sentence without considering whether it was correct.  In fact we may as well remove the entire comment, since the S does not necessarily come from September. --Lkesteloot 22:13, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I totally agree, the comment should be removed.  What indicates that the S comes from September? ~k 19:12, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, too.  It was misprinted, but probably not made up.  There's no evidence to prove that September, or even March had a part in the name. Slof 00:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it.  Also, I don't think this is correct: Smarch was, according to Marge Simpson, just a misprinted word on a calendar. Homer, however, didn't realize this and cursed the "lousy Smarch weather."  I think Smarch is a real month (the 13th) and Marge's comment was there to mislead the viewer into thinking that that was the typo she was talking about. --Lkesteloot 03:02, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually, Lkesteloot, I thought the rest of it was correct.  I thought it was a gag on Homer's stupidity.  What makes you say it's a real month? ~k 17:28, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Because Marge makes a reference to the 13th month.  It's common in Halloween episodes to have alternate realities like that.  Also, the 2001 Simpson's calendar had 13 months, with Smarch as the 13th one (see Amazon). I can't say I'm completely convinced, but it seems more likely that Marge's comment was meant to set you up to think that "Smarch" was a misprint when in fact it wasn't. --Lkesteloot 04:54, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm with you on the alternate realities bit, I just didn't see Smarch that way.  I took Marge's comment at face value.  But hey, vive la difference! ~k 20:39, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Smarch''

message: Given that the song lyrics given for Drop Da Bomb rhyme "It's no mirage" with "yvan eht nioj", wouldn't the proper pronunciation for "nioj" be:
niäzh
Where ä is the low back unrounded vowel and zh is the postalveolar voiced fricative (as opposed to the affricate which is currently given).
That would make it rhyme with "mirage" and that's how I remember it being pronounced as well. Would also make sense considering that the Simpsons is an American show, so pronouncing 'o' as ä is not uncommon (that's how Americans pronounce 'o' in say, "pot").
But I don't really know how to fix it since I'm unfamiliar with the formatting for IPA.
:I don't know about the vowel, but the consonant is definitely sung /ʒ/ in the ad; it wouldn't surprise me if it were /dʒ/ in some of the dialogue, but I'm removing the d anyway, as that's not the main way it's pronounced. Ruakh 04:16, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yvan Eht Nioj pronunciation 

message: Fixed poor/bizarro revision of "Cromulent" that somebody thought was "promulent." Also cleaned up the grammar in the last line. --someone sometime
Rephrased slightly. Although all the words are made up, "cromulent" is different because it's used in the context of the characters' discussion of made-up words. I therefore felt that, to preserve the show's humor in this instance, it's important not to say that word "cromulent" has some meaning. I revised the article accordingly, without changing the substance of the previous revision. Joey Q. McCartney 08:29, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cromulent 

message: I don't think this should be considered a made-up word. The crowd was booing urns. It makes sense since the only person who was saying it was an older man(thus in the position to not like urns). Why is this considered to be a made up word and not a phrase? Am I missing something. Following this logic `Boo-Burns' should also be a made-up word?--Capi crimm 10:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No one was booing urns. They were saying "boo!" to Burns, but Smithers wanted him to think they were chanting his name with an odd pronunciation "boo-urns" instead of "Burns". Only Hans Moleman was in fact saying "Burns" with the odd pronunciation. But you're right, it's hardly a made-up word. --Angr/ 07:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I guess that makes more sense... I still don't like urns. Anyway I'm taking it off then.--Capi crimm 10:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: boo-urns

message: The term meme is an overly broad descriptor for some of these terms.  It's also highly unnecessary baggage (when "word" or "phrase" will do).  It's also innaccurate if the cultural connotations (ie. the "Simpsons" references) are stripped from the word or phrase as they develop or pass on to people, or already have their own standard non-Simpsons definitions -- most proteins aren't genes, they are the translations of genes, ergo generic words aren't memes, they're words.  This is even more innaccurate in that the non-neologisms appear to have originally had different cultural or otherwise connotations.
I googled and couldn't find any references to Bush using "unpossible" in a speech (only checked about the first 50 references for "Unpossible Bush presidential speech"), so I'm removing it.  Most likely a troll, but remotely possible it's real. 24.22.227.53 17:19, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Meme" and Bush 

message: Isn't this article missing something important?  See Language Log post 'Wikipedia on Simpsons Words':
"The Wikipedia has a listing of 63 "memes, words and phrases" derived from the Simpsons. Some specific words also have their own pages -- at least D'oh does. Inexplicably, several Simpsons snowclones lack entries, including "I, for one, welcome our new * overlords" and "mmm, *"."--64.80.112.170 13:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "I, for one, welcome our new * overlords" and "Mmmm, *" 

message: Lisa: I admit Sergeant Skinner seems okay, but Mr. Tanzarian pulled himself up from the streets and earned our respect and admiration.
 Bart: What about his name?
 Lisa: His name doesn't matter.  "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
 Bart: Not if you called them stench blossoms.
 Homer: Or crapweeds.
 Marge: I'd sure hate to get a dozen crapweeds for Valentine's Day.  I'd rather have candy.
 Homer: Not if they were called scumdrops!
That's from http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F23
These links have more (homerhol, rageahol, esquilax): 
http://heideas.blogspot.com/2005/03/beyond-embiggens-and-cromulent.html http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Simpsons_Vocabulary/
:That's embarrassing. I remember looking up "esquilax" once to find out what mythical beast it was "really" a name for.--T. Anthony 05:03, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stench blossoms, Crapweeds, Scumdrops, Esquilax, *holic 

message: I searched for 'unpossible' in Richard II at http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext00/0ws1510.txt and no match. So perhaps a more specific description of the edition and such where 'unpossible' occurs would be good.
:Richard II act two scene two
Bushy: The wind sits fair for news to go to Ireland,
But none returns. 
For us to levy power   
Proportionable to the enemy 
Is all unpossible. 
However Gutenberg does indeed list the line as "For vs to leuy power, Proportionable to th' enemy, is all impossible." A conundrum.--T. Anthony 03:39, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My deadtree copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (4th ed), ed. David Bevington, has at II.2, line 125, 'Is all unpossible.' --moof 11:46, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  unpossible 

message: Remove it if it's a possible latin phrase. This list is for made-up words only.
:I think this is a coincidence. Granted it might not be as the writers for the show are fairly well-educated, but I think "dorkus malorkus" is just based on adding "us" to things to make Latin. Some of the Frenchisms on "Pepe Le Pew" cartoons are real French, I think, but their meaning/intent is fictitious.--T. Anthony 23:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  dorkus malorkus 

message: THis word predates the Simpsons by decades. I vividly remember it from feel-good/inspirational literature from my childhood (the 60s). rodii 02:22, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this one should just be taken out. We have several things that indicate it was even in the popular culture in the 1950s and I don't think the writers ever claimed it was there's.--T. Anthony 15:56, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition dates this word to 1867.  Just barely ahead of Matt Groening.  --GeeJimmy 20:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: All of which indicates the generally low quality of this page. Every claim that something is a "made-up word" is questionable and needs a least a minimum of diligence—what's the difference between that and "a word [someone] hasn't heard before"? So with all the unsourced assertions—"no, sticktoitiveness originated with She-Ra," for heaven's sake—and the basic fanboyish inanity of the subject matter, this may very well be the worst page I have yet encountered on wikipedia. I mean, get serious—an encyclopedia entry on "Made-up words in The Simpsons"? DELETE rodii 16:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  sticktoiveness 

message: Is there not an italian wikipedia? Why oh why do we need italian versions of simpsons words? Who cares?
:Yes there is--Greasysteve13 02:49, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian version? 

message: "Donder en Blitzen" ("thunder and lightning") is - or, at least was - considered a very rude expression in Dutch.
--RobHutten 00:33, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, there is no reindeer named "Donder" now. But there once was. See snopes for more info. Wow, there's even a whole advocacy website. 70.22.3.153 17:44, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donder-Blitzen 

message: My grade school in the 60s had a building called the "Cafetorium".
Cafeteria and auditorium all rolled into one.
Also there are/were places like the Danceteria in NYC, so its not uncommon to portmanteau cafeteria and another word.  ALKIVAR™ 22:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cafetorium has been around much longer than the Simpson's 

message: From the entry for "fit":
==
In the episode "The Front", the normally valid word fit is heard to be inappropriately used as an additional past tense form of "fight" in the end credits of The Itchy and Scratchy Show "Little Barbershop of Horrors" cartoon created by Bart and Lisa. The revised song goes, "They fought, and fit, and fought and fit. Fought, fought fought, fit fit fit. It was The Itchy and Scratchy show."
==
Rather than an inappropriate past tense form of "fight," it seems to me that the noun "fit" (meaning a sudden outburst, as in the expressions "throw a fit" and "a fit of anger") is being used improperly as a verb: to fit. (Though, I imagine the "proper" past tense would be fitted.)
-Donald-
:Not a chance.  It's clearly an additional past tense, with an 
"old-timey American-Western-frontier" feel about it.
::But... the words are 'fight and bite' so it's fought and bit.... fit's funny, though!
:::From where are people getting that it's "fit" rather than "bit"? Unless that's been in print somewhere, I'd attribute it to a mishearing of "bit", since that's the past tense of "bite", which is the usual lyric. --Arteitle 13:26, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fit 

message: This phrase of two made-up words is referenced in the page but it doesn't have its own entry.
Also, I suspect that Burn's old-time speech has a number of made-up words or words used in ways which weren't ever normal.
-- I heard this word as trans-dental-electro-massage. Are you sure it's "micide"?
::It sounds like "-micide" to me. Microfrost 02:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  trans-dental electromicide 

message: How is "shirk" *Australian*? Isn't this word used throughout the English speaking world?
:I'm very far from Australia, and I hear this word.  I looked in a couple online dictionaries and they didn't say it was Australian.  Friday (talk) 19:03, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  shirkaday 

message: What about when Skinner mentions "Crapulance"?
:crap·u·lence n. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking. Excessive indulgence; intemperance. 
:[From crapulent, sick from gluttony, from Late Latin crpulentus, very drunk, from Latin crpula, intoxication, from Greek kraipal.]
::originated in the mid 17th century. Dystopos 21:34, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crapulance / Crapulence 

message: Wasn't it Lenny and Carl who were given the "superliminal" treatment?  Otto the Bus Driver was subliminally brainwashed.
:This is correct. When Lt. L. T. Smash yells out the window "Hey you, join the Navy", Lenny and Carl say something along the lines of "ok" and "I'm convinced". So yes Lenny and Carl were the ones that were given the "superliminal" treatment. -- Ianblair23 (talk) 22:26, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Superliminal 

message: "Grant Barrett, project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang at Oxford University Press, notes Wikipedia doesn't differentiate between unique terms coined by the show and terms simply popularized by the show.
"This is not a list put together by lexicographers, it's a list put together by fans," he says. "Just because people speak English, doesn't make them an expert at it."" —Ottawa Citizen, October 19, 2005
lots of issues  | leave me a message 00:18, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism from [[Oxford University Press|OUP]] project editor

message: The occurrence of "fit" in "The Front" as an alternative to "fought" is certainly "fit" and not "bit" as suggested as an alternative. I've removed this reference from the article for now, but if there are still concerns, please reinstate it. Bobo192 17:55, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Listen for yourself: http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season4/front7.mp3 —Fitch 21:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fought and fought and fit

message: I removed the following: "Many dictionaries accept the 'nuc-u-lar' pronunciation as an acceptable variation" as I can only find evidence of one (Merriam-Webster) doing so - see . Natgoo 18:00, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Nucular

message: Whilst I understand that it might be a word that's not known to all of its initial target audience, I think it's a bit much to include 'slag' as a Simpsons neologism- it's been around in British English for an awful lot longer than the Simpsons have!
:I agree. Words that have been previously used in the same sense as they have been popularized in the Simpsons don't belong here. Dystopos 15:18, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it - it definitely doesn't belong here. Natgoo 10:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slag 

message: This is hardly a neologism from the Simpsons, since I can honestly say, without hyperbole, that a billion people mispronounce it this way. Are we to include every word ever mispronounced on the Simpsons?
::And, since a billion or so people mispronounce it that way, and surely also write it as such, it's hardly a neologism, thus being undeserving of being quoted on a list of neologisms on the Simpsons. Q.E.D. --69.11.61.81 00:05, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foilage 

message: My apologies if this has already been addressed: I always figured Homer was saying "Did you say 'smuck run'" or some other kind of "run," implying an errand to go out and buy/hunt/find whatever "smuck" could be. 153.104.16.114 00:24, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smokron 

message: I doubt very highly that this was coined by The Simpsons. I would've thought it was in common usage long before that episode aired, but I might as well get a consensus. Agree/disagree? --Closedmouth 13:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure. Dystopos 16:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Also, I always thought Homer said "Smitty, safe enough", not "Smitty, safen up." Anyone got any idea on this? --Closedmouth 15:54, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:List of neologisms on The Simpsons#Safen up. Dystopos 16:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thanks, but that entry was why I raised the issue in the first place. --Closedmouth 01:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You asked if anyone had any ideas based on the talk page entry? Dystopos 18:19, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Oop, sorry about that, my mistake. I misread and thought you were referring to the actual entry. That's what I get for Wikying so late at night. :P --Closedmouth 01:19, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garbagewater 

message: How about these two synonyms for "television", from the episode wherein Lisa has her own newspaper and Burns buys up all the other media to overtake her. It goes something like this:
::Burns: "Smithers! Turn on the jumping box."
::Smithers: "'Jumping box', sir?"
::Burns: "Television, jumping box, picto-cube, whatever... just crank it up!"
--69.11.61.81 23:42, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jumping Box / Picto-Cube 

message: Should we perhaps mention somewhere that this word is real?
It was used by Homer in some sort of list of diseases (Flu, rabies, pneumonoultra...). I'm sure some fans will think they made it up... GalaxiaGuy 02:41, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, Abe Simpson uses it. -WindFish 06:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis   

message: In "The Simpsons:A Complete Guide to our Favourite Family". So I'm changing it... again.--220.238.18.253 05:41, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And this article... Xt'Tapalatakettle--220.238.18.253 05:43, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay then, I'll leave it as it is, but if you're going to change the title, please change the pronunciation, too. --Closedmouth 04:37, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Closedmouth!? What gives? I'm Greasysteve13!--58.104.11.118 06:34, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha, wow, that's an odd coincidence. Sorry about reverting your edits, I didn't think they were overly relevant.  You should sign up here; it's much better than having a random IP address assigned to you. --Closedmouth 08:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Aww, do I have to!?--Greasysteve13 04:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good man! You'll make Sergeant for this. --Closedmouth 07:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Previously known as 220.238.18.253--58.104.11.118 06:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

text: I think "Xt'Tapalatakettle" is the prefered spelling. It is also used in Comic Books.--Greasysteve13 01:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

text: And it also wins in Google.--Greasysteve13 01:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

text: On the other hand Xtapalapocetl is used on my DVD, not Xtapalapaquetl. Although this may be a regional thing. My DVD is Australian.--Greasysteve13 01:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Although Xt'Tapalatakettle is still used in The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family and its sequels.--Greasysteve13 03:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xtapalapocetl? It's Xt'Tapalatakettle! 

message: I notice "clownpole" isn't on this list. Krusty uses the word in the episode "Homey the Clown". -WindFish 06:48, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: yes it is... 62.249.204.31 15:31, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clownpole 

message: On the grounds of:
*Holy Flurking Schnit being the full neologism
*And the last word is spelt as "Schnit" in The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued
:I believe it was me (before I became a user) that changed it from Schnit to Shnit on the grounds of it not being German and the "C" adding nothing to it.--Greasysteve13 02:47, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flurking Shnit should be moved to Holy Flurking Schnit 

message: I am a Scot, living in Glasgow, the country's largest city, where we have both the Simpsons and trousers. I am wearing trousers right now, in fact; naturally, I feel a great urge to wear a kilt instead. I have never, ever celebrated 'Scotchtoberfest', and no of none of my countrymen who have. Is this an Aberdeen thing? I wouldn't put it past them.--Zhengfu 19:03, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Go Aberdeen!--Greasysteve13 07:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Scotchtoberfest

message: We should add this too. But add it as what? Double-O Negative, OO- etc?--Greasysteve13 11:03, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone?--Greasysteve13 01:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone??--Greasysteve13 02:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the section Xt'Tapalatakettle says it's Double-O Neg, but I can't vouch. --Polymath69 23:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The rare [[blood type]] that both [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Bart]] have that doesn't exist in real life. 

message: i can't verify, but bugs bunny (actually the 'female' bugs) used to say 'feh' or 'fah' (rhyming with 'meh'), possibly this is where the simpsons got this? Exit 02:01, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe "feh" is an old Yiddish/Jewish expression. I don't know if the writers for Bugs were Jewish, but it's plausible some of them were.--T. Anthony 15:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  meh < bugs bunny 'feh'? 

message: Can someone add this? Y'know, someone who isn't lazy... also double-O negitive.--220.238.143.137 02:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooops, forgot to sign in.--Greasysteve13 02:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone?--Greasysteve13 01:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, yeah, yeah, hold your horses. --Closedmouth 07:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent!--Greasysteve13 10:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eltdown 

message: Why would the word "Squozen" be mentioned on this list, when it was not originally a creation from The Simpson's?  Yet, the word "Nertz" was removed from this list, with Closedmouth responding in the removal edit comment by saying "removed Nertz; said many times by Frank Burns from M*A*S*H."  
The word "Squozen" has appeared "in an episode of M*A*S*H, in which Radar offers the doctors orange juice freshly squozen."  It even states that in the article; therefore, I say Nertz be put back on the list. The original mentioning of Nertz in this article stated:
Nertz
In episode 3F16, The Day the Violence Died, Homer accompanies Bart and Lisa downtown so that they can get good seats for the upcoming Itchy & Scratchy parade. However, while they were sleeping in their lawn chairs on the sidewalk, a large bleacher was built directly in front of Homer. When he wakes up, he notices that he can no longer see the parade, and he yells "Aw, nertz!"
* Я не имею никакой жизни | существую 10:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree; Radar says "squozen" once, in one episode, whereas "nertz" was said many times by Frank Burns in many episodes. When I hear the word "nertz", I immediately think of Frank Burns and M*A*S*H, not The Simpsons. That's my opinion, anyway. We could probably do with some outside views. --Closedmouth 07:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nertz 

message: This always sounded to me like a take on "diggedy" or "diggity", as in the exclamation of pleasant surprise "Hot diggity!" Pat Boone sang "Hot Diggity." This site:
http://www.alphadictionary.com/slang/H.html
traces "hot diggity dog" back to the 1940s. I seem to remember it was a favorite expression of Shemp Howard. BillFlis 19:14, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dickety

message: Editors may be intested in the discussion taking place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/References in Samurai Jack. Kappa 11:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related AFD 

message: C'mon, this obviously isn't made up! A segment is just a piece of something, just because it's not something people say commonly does not mean it's made up by the Simpsons. Scott
Would/should someone add Incompetent Boobery to the neologism list? I would do it myself but have no idea which episode it was in. 128.135.54.131 07:45, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apple Segment?? 

message: This bit on Maxwell Circuit is entirely unenlightening.  Could someone attempt a definition?
Polymath69 22:50, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maxwell Circuit 

message: (See User_talk:Alkivar#Farkbot)--Greasysteve13 08:25, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the farkbot? 

message: Does this properly belong in neologisms (rather than a list of characters?)  I've never heard it used unless someone was referring to that particular character.
If it's going to be included, I'd like to add the film The Great Gabbo  as a possible reference. (It's a bit of a stretch, as Gabbo in the movie is the ventriloquist, not the dummy -- but an early Erich von Stroheim talkie seems like just the kind of really odd reference a bunch of overeducated TV writers might stick in, especially in an episode full of references to mass media history.) --Uncat 20:57, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You might as well just remove it. It's not a neologism, and the person who added it (Homer911n) seems to have a very limited grasp of English. --Closedmouth 04:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gabbo