Yes, it's the fad that's sweeping the globe: using Google's Ngram Viewer to chart the use of words or phrases over time. The New York Times story is here, and the tool itself is here.
I decided to track four stock TVB phrases--give me that banana, wacky high jinks ensue, garnish with fluffernutter, and barry manilow puts a sock in his pants--to see how they've made inroads into popular culture. Let's take a look:
Hmmm. Not so much, then.
Well, I take minor solace in noting that The Velvet Blog is the #1 Google hit for "wacky high jinks ensue," but it has dropped to #2 for "barry manilow puts a sock in his pants," (though the #1 hit is me complaining that I'm not the #1 hit on another site). You know, I should probably get some new hobbies.
3 comments:
What, nothing? What the hell is wrong with people?
Barry Manilow puts a sock in his pants!
THere, maybe that will up the rating.
Have you tried substituting the cheesier "Hi jinx" instead of the correct "'high jinks?"
Try it. Nitey nite!
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