January 31, 2010

Seinfeld phrases that have become part of our language


What to include in this list is certainly open to debate. I tried to include here those Seinfeld phrases which I think have found their way into our collective language. That is, phrases that are spoken by people other than hard core Seinfeld fans. The truth is the list is probably shorter than this.

Not that there's anything wrong with that Season 4 "The Outing"
The line is spoken by Jerry. He first vehemently proclaims that he is not gay and then uses the line to make it clear he is okay with someone else being gay.
This one tops my list because I find it such a useful/fun phrase. It can be used to modify many negative statements. For example, "I'm not from around here, not that there's anything wrong with that."

Sponge-worthy Season 7 "The Sponge"
Originally used by Elaine to refer to someone she would like to have sex with. At the time her birth-control of choice was the now defunct contraceptive 'sponge'.

Yada yada yada Season 8 "Yada yada yada"
In the show it was first used by a girlfriend of George. She used it to skip over story parts, a kind of fast forward like blah blah blah. Then the rest of the characters started using it in that episode. For example,
Elaine speaking to Jerry, "I met this lawyer, we went out to dinner, I had the lobster bisk, we went back to my place, yada yada yada, I never heard from him again." Then Jerry says, "you skipped the best part." and Elaine says, "no I didn't. I told you about the bisk."

Re-gifter Season 6 "The Label Maker"
Giving a gift you received to another person.

No soup for you!  Season 7 "The Soup Nazi"
Spoken by the soup Nazi. An eccentric soup chef who would deny you his soup if you said the tiniest thing he didn't like. So now you use the phrase basically to say NO!

Master of my domain  Season 2 "The Contest"
Used to indicate a refrain from masturbating.  Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer had contest to see who could refrain the longest.

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