Starting a Catchphrase
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‘E Ya Later’ is how I end nearly every video I do. I started using it years ago, because I wanted a catchphrase of my own. I’m not even sure where and how I came up with it… but it stuck. Have you ever wanted to start your own word or phrase? These tips sent in by a reader should help.
- Invent a random word or saying that no one understands. A string of gibberish words will attract more attention than you can imagine. My own school started saying “Baaaaaaaaadd Weeeeeek” to symbolize that you don’t agree with a teacher. No one knows who started it, and yet it sticks.
- Use your word or phrase often. This is how you can succeed in having others hear and remember what you’ve made up.
- Before using it, figure out how to use your word. Do you want it to be a noun, a verb or another little gem of grammar that our English teachers make us learn? If you fail this step, you won’t be able to control how your word or saying is used.
- Remember that you are the reason this word or phrase was started. Don’t let others forget where it came from, but don’t be obnoxious about it, or you’ll end up getting a swirly. We all know how often that happens to us Geeks anyway.
- Remember…. it’s just a saying. It doesn’t mean anything, unless you give it a specific meaning. You can have fun with it, and declare that your new word or saying just stands for “omg this is dumb” or even “Whoa this is totally cool”.
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35 Comments
nelson1tom
March 19th, 2008
at 12:30am
cool vid
thanks for the info
nelson1tom
March 19th, 2008
at 12:30am
cool vid
thanks for the info
watchdog3
March 19th, 2008
at 12:32am
this vid is so debunkytardid!
Seanzgames
March 19th, 2008
at 12:32am
my fav word is discobobuolted
Seanzgames
March 19th, 2008
at 12:32am
my fav word is discobobuolted
djtowo
March 19th, 2008
at 12:33am
first post!
djtowo
March 19th, 2008
at 12:33am
first post!
nelson1tom
March 19th, 2008
at 12:35am
this whole show is pirillo for my friends
hectorbambino
March 19th, 2008
at 12:49am
THAT is SOOOO PIRILLOOO!!!
TGseason10
March 19th, 2008
at 1:19am
I say “Nice” way too much.
RaRRaRReyes
March 19th, 2008
at 1:31am
Talk nerdy to me Chris!!! lol
Kaaaasse001
March 19th, 2008
at 1:49am
lol @ those guys who say:Is this live???
they are so un-pirillo
nemirc
March 19th, 2008
at 1:53am
we could try to make that experiment here on youtube
if we come up with come sort of “geek stuff” and then we just say “that is so pirrilo” out of the blue lol
nemirc
March 19th, 2008
at 1:53am
we could try to make that experiment here on youtube
if we come up with come sort of “geek stuff” and then we just say “that is so pirrilo” out of the blue lol
tomomersey
March 19th, 2008
at 3:07am
“Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail!”
tomomersey
March 19th, 2008
at 3:07am
“Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail!”
artfungames
March 19th, 2008
at 5:10am
OMG that was Like soo pirillo!
artfungames
March 19th, 2008
at 5:10am
OMG that was Like soo pirillo!
ki2594
March 19th, 2008
at 6:07am
loll
summerwizz
March 19th, 2008
at 7:03am
lol thats pirillo
summerwizz
March 19th, 2008
at 7:03am
lol thats pirillo
drew olanoff
March 19th, 2008
at 7:45am
that’s what happened with “stay scriggity!”
said it once and it stuck.
Andrea Baker
March 19th, 2008
at 8:01am
Back in high school I had a very vivid dream and that is when in the dream I heard a word never used in my vocabulary before. It was “anticident”. Its not a real word at all. So I started using it mainly as an adjective in conversations. It has no meaning, other than just sounding more or less pompous and brilliant in conversation with other people. It can mean something positive or negative, based on the usage in tone.
“That is a very anticident idea, I think I will look into that.”
or
“That sweater is very anticident, I don’t think you should wear that with those pants.”
Either way, its fun and I say it every now and then in a conversation to see if a person is actually paying attention. I had the word published in my Senior yearbook and a few blog posts here and there over the years.
So I put it out on here now to see if it catches fire anywhere else.
Anticidently yours,
twitter.com/immunity
Lashazior
March 19th, 2008
at 8:31am
btw this is my info that I sent in XD
Dan Christensen
March 19th, 2008
at 10:32am
you use embiggened wow! and Cromulant and I thought I was the King Simpsons Nerd.
DYK: Many Simpson characters are named after streets in POrtland where MG the creator of the Simpsons. Simpsons, lovejoy and many others are…but I digress.
Slang away my friend I think it’s cool to slip new words into the mix.
My slang word was “KiKo” Short for “Kill me Or I’ll Kill you” for first person shooter games
Windows Vista Torrent
March 19th, 2008
at 5:39pm
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iCraigtv
March 19th, 2008
at 10:09pm
sooo pirillo!
iCraigtv
March 19th, 2008
at 10:09pm
sooo pirillo!
kiddsock
March 20th, 2008
at 1:35pm
Mine is “Keep on YouTubin!”
SeanRector
March 21st, 2008
at 8:15am
Youtubians….like keek da sneeek says…thas my word
BriggsJa
March 23rd, 2008
at 7:22am
im gonna have to start pirillo in school XD
Pirillo FTW!
i do happen to know that thanks to are school internet being modded by a tech support team that 3 guys in my school now watch, i guess there not teachers but o well
rtsjoe
March 24th, 2008
at 12:24am
Oh shi- pirillo
rtsjoe
March 24th, 2008
at 12:24am
Oh shi- pirillo
122333pls
March 25th, 2008
at 2:03am
INTERNETS!! omg thank you george bush your so pirillo
bumr055
March 29th, 2008
at 10:36am
I don’t know when ‘gangtas’ started using ‘mirc’ as a verb, I mighta assisted in the start of it but no way first to think of it.