1 | ->''"Someone who's 70 now was in his teens during the 1950s and in his 20s during the 1960s. That's when a lot of language habits are formed... When I'm 70, I'm probably still going to be saying "wicked awesome", and the amount of irony I put into it will depend entirely on how senile I am by then."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Bryan Lambert''', ''You Are Dumb'' |
3 | |
4 | ->''"We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio."'' |
5 | -->-- '''[[TruthInTelevision Alexander Hamilton]]''', ''The Federalist Papers'', 1788 |
6 | |
7 | ->''"How do you manage the telegramophone [[RedBoxingGloves whilst wearing gentleman's sport gloves?]] [[TelegraphGagSTOP Stop]]"'' |
8 | -->-- A electronic message received by Old-Timey Strong Bad, ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner The Homestar Runner]]'' |
9 | |
10 | ->''"Broke bread"? Who are you, St. Francis of Assisi all of a sudden?'' |
11 | -->-- '''Stewie Griffin''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' |
12 | |
13 | ->'''Dr. Stephen Strange:''' [Thanos] could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of.\ |
14 | '''Tony Stark:''' Did you ''seriously'' just say "hitherto undreamt of"? |
15 | -->-- ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' |
16 | |
17 | ->'''Bandit:''' I don't suppose you wanna give me a ride?\ |
18 | '''Tohru:''' How dare you make such an impertinent suggestion!\ |
19 | '''Kobayashi:''' (later) You know Tohru...\ |
20 | '''Tohru:''' Yes?\ |
21 | '''Kobayashi:''' That old-fashioned way of speaking made you sound like an old geezer.\ |
22 | '''Tohru:''' What?! No! It's fancy! |
23 | -->-- ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' |
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