| 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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