I thought I'd try something a bit different today. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon's Video Game Week is over, and they're no doubt looking for new comedy bits for the transition to The Tonight Show in February, so I thought I'd start up a post for Late Night's #AudienceSuggestionBox. So many things these days are referred to differently than in the past, and I find myself wondering what some of today's common phrases might have meant years ago. So, here we go, turning back the clock with some Rewound Definitions.
Modern Phrase - Old-fashionedDefinition
"Target Demo" - Tearing down an old housing complex to build a new Target.
"Resume download" - What Higgins does after a phone call interrupts him on the toilet.
"Brooklyn Nets" - What the city of New York stretches across Brooklyn to catch any falling high wire daredevils. (Still applies today.)
"Jersey Shore" - A haven for working-class Americans, as well as degenerates who look to get ahead through any means necessary. (Still applies today.)
"Bruce Jenner" - A world-class athlete with a completely normal human face.
"Tiger Woods" - The jungle. Woods for a tiger.
"Facebook" - That thing where you fall asleep cramming for a midterm and your head rests on the book so long that the text comes off on your face like newspaper on Silly Putty.
"Bieber Fever" - What you catch if you accidentally drink the water while visiting the Isle of Bieber.
"Ryan Gosling" - A delicious sandwich of baby goose on rye.
"Game of Thrones" - What Jimmy calls it when he causes someone to have to "resume" their "download."
"Tony Weiner" - What a 1920's gangster calls a well-dressed hot dog. As in, "Yeah, see? That's a real tony weiner ya got there, pal!"
That's it for now, but you can be sure I'll think of more for another installment!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
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