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* What do we call this one? From 'WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'... "If what I think is happening, is happening, it better not be."

* In the [[TabletopGames Tabletop RPG]] TabletopGame/{{Cosmopol}}, the character Keller speaks like this to the point that others call his distinct speech pattern "Keller Speak". Justified in that he is not a native English speaker, though sometimes he speaks like that in his native German, too.

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* Comic actor Creator/SteveMartin's stand-up routines frequently employ this trope.
** "Because a day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
** "Some people have a way with words... and some people... uh... ''not'' have way, I guess."
* Stand-up comedian Creator/EddieIzzard described his playing of the clarinet as sounding like "a foghorn being dragged through... uh, a place where a foghorn should not be dragged."
** And, in a bit about toasters, said that "they have a turny-button thing... it's called a 'turny-button thing.'"
** Honey is "in your morning, on your breakfasty toasty, in a jar, kind of."
** In fact, a large number of his jokes, as a consequence of his very train-of-thought style of comedy.
* On Creator/GeorgeCarlin's half-sketch, half stand-up album, ''A Place For My Stuff'':
--> '''(Radio Ad):''' "Consolidated International! People making things so people have things to do things to other people with! And thinking up more things to do with the stuff we have!
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** Also Reynold from the Cheat Commandos.

** Also the name "Gunhaver" itself, and sentences like "who will have gun?"
** "Hey Stinkoman! Everybody says you're the guy! VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy too!"

* In Myth/AztecMythology, the ahuizotl`s name literally translates as "spiny aquatic thing."

* In the dub of ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', when a soldier saw a painting that [[NationsAsPeople Holy Roman Empire]] had done of young Italy and asked, "Is this your boyfriend or girlfriend or gender-neutral chibi thing?"

* BuffySpeak from Republicans:

* Heather from ''WesteranAnimation/OverTheHedge'': We, like, worked our tails off, y'know? Like a lot! And the food we gathered was totally... you know! And you're, you're all whatever!

* BuffySpeak from Republicans (yes there are so many, [[SarcasmMode I wonder why)]]

* When UsefulNotes/SarahPalin asked, "How's that hopey, changey thing working out for ya?" at the first-ever national Tea Party Convention, many wondered if Creator/JossWhedon had suddenly, inexplicably been employed as her speech writer. For those who haven't paid attention to American politics lately, or have just had their heads under a rock, this was an allusion to Barack Obama's campaign slogans of "hope and change." [[DontExplainTheJoke Which she was making fun of]].
* While on the subject of Republicans, some of old [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush No.43's]] bushisms would qualify. "Tribal sovereignty means just that; it's sovereign. You're a--you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity."
* Again with the Republicans: Congressman Kevin [=McCarthy=], then House Majority leader and the number one choice as replacement for Speaker John Boehner after the latter retired, gave a press release of such strange coherence that the next day, political pages in major newspapers like the Wall Street Journal actually explicitly compared it to this trope.
* As stated above, Creator/JossWhedon himself--in interviews, one can practically ''see'' the ''Buffy'' script flowing forth as he speaks. Also, Jim Butcher has fallen into this a couple of times, perhaps.

* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' has most of the song "Part of Your World" based on this when Ariel sings about her collection of land... gizmos, gadgets, whoosits, whatzits, and thingamabobs. She apparently improves her vocabulary as the song progresses, though. Probably justified, since she gets all her information about the names and functions of human artifacts from [[TheDitz Scuttle]], so it's likely she thinks those are the actual names for those objects.

* Kuzco in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': "What is he babbling about? He's like the thing that wouldn't shut up!"

* People on [=PlayStation=] consoles who go for [[AchievementSystem trophies]] refer to the act of earning the Platinum trophy for a game (which usually requires earning every other trophy) as "Platinuming it".

[[TheStinger What about the thing where you click here if it ends?]]

** A quick word of advice for those about to go to US Army/Marine Corps training, the 'something' does not include your helmet, or your rifle. Doing so will incur the wrath of your local DrillSergentNasty. For best results, use an empty magazine, or your E-Tool.

"You mean the caption?"]]-]

* Matt Striker loves pulling this type of speech off, one time even declaring that [[Wrestling/LayCool Layla El]] was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "hellacious Lay-lacious"]].

* NegativeSpaceWedgie

* Kneadatite, a self-hardening paste that is used extensively used in miniature sculpting, is almost universally known as "''green stuff''".

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