![]() Pettiway Workin’ It 220: I used to gag Zee.ĭickens Bleak House (1991) 558: The same vocalist ‘gags’ in the regular business like a man inspired. Thackrey Thief 347: We used to gag around a lot about it. Mandel Flee the Angry Strangers 76: I don’t know what you mean but I can tell you’re gagging with me. Cain Mildred Pierce (1985) 344: He was always gagging about how lucky the married ones were on income-tax day. Booth Sporting Times 117: In some ten minutes Leno was gagging wildly at his best. Doyle Dear Ducks 78: ‘Hello, Joseph,’ sez I, gaggin’ him, ‘has the widow threw ye over?’. in Ware (1909) 89/2: David out-gagged even himself, and caused great laughter. 113/2: Twig the joke? Made it only last night / And I tell yer the roar was as loud as when Jolly Mug gags to the Gal. n.p.: Advises the ‘leading men’ at the Albert Saloon, to set a better example to the subordinates and the ‘low comedian’ to remember decency when he ‘gags’. Pettiway Workin’ It 242: I wouldn’t have to try to gag them, they would come. Hopkins Banker Tells All 43: Of course, she was only kidding – just gagging her way into the affair. Fairlie Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast 75: Warned off? You haven’t been gagging? Jennings Tramping with Tramps 211: Gagger – to tell the tale, to move to pity. 18: One crime a night is the average brisk record of “Scrappers’ Alley” a blind court where the unwary or drunken can be robbed and gagged at leisure.į. ![]() But after he had left off ‘gagging’ her, and the conversation was serious, the topic of sheep and cattle farms cropped up. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor III 354/1: It’s the pounceys, too, that mostly go gagging where the girls walk.īulletin (Sydney) 20 June 6/4: The old lady believed it all. ‘One of the Fancy’ Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress 5: My eyes, how delightful! – the rabble well gagg’d, / The Swells in high feather, and old Boney lagg’d! VII 163/1: To kick up a row or beat up a breeze, / I never sit quamp, like a mouse in a cheese, / But I go it and gag it, as loud as I please. Parker View of Society II 154: A man who by some means or other gets footing in a gentleman’s house Having discovered the weak side of him he means to gag, which he soon acquires a knowledge of, perhaps when he has found him overtaken in liquor. This is an interjection that communicates indifference or disregard for what someone is saying - best used with a gesture. I had to haul ass to the ladies.” Whatever! Stacey Dash (from left), Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy. ParamountĬher: “I object! Do you recall the dates of these alleged tardies?”Ĭher: “Mr. See: Claude Monet.Ĭher: “She’s a full-on Monet” (referring to Amber).Ĭher: “It’s like a painting, see? From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big ol’ mess.” Surf the crimson wave Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash. Meaning: something that is attractive at a distance but sloppy up close. Murray to Dionne: “Where you been all weekend? What’s up? You been jeepin’ around behind my back?” Monet Elisa Donovan as Amber. Meaning: cheating on a significant other. Murray: “He’s a disco-dancin’, Oscar Wilde-readin’, Streisand-ticket-holdin’ friend of Dorothy, know what I’m sayin’?” Jeepin’ Stacey Dash as Dionne. Murray: “Your man Christian is a cake boy!” But people came that, like, did not RSVP, so I was, like, totally buggin’.” Cake boy ParamountĬher: “I said RSVP, because it was a sit-down dinner. See: Betty Grable.Ĭher: “Wasn’t my mom a total Betty? She died when I was young - a freak accident during a routine liposuction.” Buggin’ Alicia Silverstone (from left), Stacey Dash and Brittany Murphy. Meaning: a disarmingly cute guy a la one of the Baldwin bothers, who were hot in the ’90s.Ĭher: “OK, OK, so he is kind of a Baldwin” (referring to Josh). ”ĭionne: “Bye.” Baldwin Justin Walker as Christian and Alicia Silverstone as Cher. Meaning: no way not into that oh, please!Ĭher: “Ugh, as if!” Audi Alicia Silverstone as Cher in “Clueless.” Paramountĭionne: “I do NOT wear polyester hair, OK? Unlike some people I know, like Shawana. Here are 10 way famous words and phrases that couldn’t be more culturally significant had Jane Austen written them herself. In his review, Roger Ebert wrote that “ dialogue could be anthologized” - and he was right. Just think: How many times have you mouthed “As if!” to an early-morning email, or stared blankly at someone while thinking “What-everrr,” internally gesticulating W-shaped fingers? Those 97 minutes of cinematic perfection not only bestowed a guidebook on how to dress, flirt and fraternize, but gave us a cool new way to speak - with a lexicon we still draw from today. OK, so you’re probably going, “Is this like another ‘Clueless’ listicle or what?” But seriously, the 20th anniversary of Amy Heckerling’s “Emma”-inspired teen comedy is kind of a big deal.
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