"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."
— Bryan Lambert, You Are Dumb
"We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio."
— Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, 1788
"How do you manage the telegramophone whilst wearing gentleman's sport gloves? Stop"
— A electronic message received by Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Homestar Runner
"Broke bread"? Who are you, St. Francis of Assisi all of a sudden?
— Stewie Griffin, Family Guy
Dr. Stephen Strange: [Thanos] could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of.
Tony Stark: Did you seriously just say "hitherto undreamt of"?
Tony Stark: Did you seriously just say "hitherto undreamt of"?
Bandit: I don't suppose you wanna give me a ride?
Tohru: How dare you make such an impertinent suggestion!
Kobayashi: (later) You know Tohru...
Tohru: Yes?
Kobayashi: That old-fashioned way of speaking made you sound like an old geezer.
Tohru: What?! No! It's fancy!
Tohru: How dare you make such an impertinent suggestion!
Kobayashi: (later) You know Tohru...
Tohru: Yes?
Kobayashi: That old-fashioned way of speaking made you sound like an old geezer.
Tohru: What?! No! It's fancy!
