Does anyone still say “Shut UP!” to mean “No way!”? A forty-something riding instructor says this Seinfeldian locution confuses some of her younger students. This is part of a complete episode.
Sure, there’s Grandma and Grampa, but there’s also Gammy, Bumpy, Dadoo, Gre-Gre, Kiki, Kerkel, Monga, Nee-Nee, Pots, Rah-Rah and Woo-Woo. Martha and Grant talk about the endlessly inventive names grandchildren call their grandparents...
Yadda yadda yadda. Newman! No soup for you! The 1990’s sitcom Seinfeld popularized these expressions and more. Check out this Paul McFedries article from Verbatim. This is part of a complete episode.
mini-tainment n.— «Jerry’s new flick is the story of a college-graduate bee who wants to move out of the hive and do something different. He ends up suing producers who steal honey. Seinfeld will premiere some 20 “mini-tainments,” as he...
Costanza wallet n. a bulging, overstuffed billfold or wallet. Etymological Note: After the character George Costanza in the the twelfth episode, The Reverse Peephole, of the ninth season of Seinfeld, which aired on January 15, 1998. In the episode...
Costanza wallet n.— «Talk to a sitcom fan about wallets bursting and most give the same reflexive response—”Costanza wallet,” coined for the “Seinfeld” television character George Costanza and his ridiculously jam...