#ThrowbackThursday: Old catch phrases VS new ones

We take a look at popular catch phrases from the 90's as compared to the ones we use today.

July 6, 2017

Tersia Gopi 1 minute read

Did you know there is no consensus on the origin or age of human language? However, the power it holds has no bounds.

We take a look at popular catch phrases from the 90’s, compared to the ones we use today.

1. “Eat my shorts” – insult used by Bart Simpson – usually to Principal Skinner.

2. “Hasta la vista, baby” – this catchphrase associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s title character from the 1991 science fiction thriller film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It means goodbye.

3. “Liar, liar pants on fire” – usually shouted in an exchange between children when one thinks the other is lying.

4. “Talk to the hand” – a phrase used in combination with a hand gesture to convey: “I am enjoying my ignorance. Please do not ruin it by discussing facts or logic with me.”

5. “Take a chill pill”- something you say when you want someone to calm down, but it usually only makes everything worse.

Today’s language

1. “Whatever” – a phrase used for indifference or showing no emotion.

2. “YOLO” – You Only Live Once – similar to Latin “carpe diem”, it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks, as if there would not be another chance for it.

3. “Literally” – doesn’t mean literally at all—especially when the person saying it is “literally dead” or “literally can’t”—so can we stop saying it? Like, literally.

4. “Cash me outside” – This line is a memorable quote uttered by 13-year-old Danielle Bregoli on an episode of The Dr. Phil Show, during which she challenges the show’s audience to a fight with the phrase “Catch me outside, how about that?” in a thick accent.