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This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
To express indefinite postponement, you might say that an event is deferred "to the [Greek] Calends" (see Latin). A less common expression used to point out someone's wishful thinking is Αν η γιαγιά μου είχε καρούλια, θα ήταν πατίνι ("If my grandmother had wheels she would be a skateboard").
The idea that one can construct a grammatically correct sentence consisting of nothing but repetitions of "buffalo" was independently discovered several times in the 20th century. The earliest known written example, "Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo", appears in the original manuscript for Dmitri Borgmann 's 1965 book Language on Vacation ...
The internet can't get over the sweetest little kitten — her unique coloring really had people over the moon. The kitten was recently brought home from Craigslist and judging by the cat's unique ...
“I wouldn’t say it’s overly unique, but I’m a big believer in being present,” Franklin said after Tuesday night's Fiesta Bowl. No. 5 Penn State takes simple approach during ride into CFP ...
This was a very relevant, fresh, modern performance of Tate McRae's emotive indie ballad, delivered with soul and range that utterly belied Hailey’s 13 years. Yes, that’s right: thirteen !
One track on the album, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television", was a monologue in which he identified these words and expressed amazement that they could not be used regardless of context. In a 2004 NPR interview, he said: I don't know that there was a "Eureka!" moment or anything like that.
"What is unique on that show is that the language has a music to it — and one of the reasons they asked us always to say every word as written is because it was written with that degree of care ...