Saturday, July 5, 2014

Twenty-five years ago, 'Seinfeld' started adding a slew of new words and phrases to the English language.



On July 5, 1989, a sitcom debuted as a summer series filler, doomed to run a short spree of episodes before undoubtedly being cancelled after a month or two before the powerhouse fall television series resumed.

Instead, against odds and tradition, the series--Seinfeld--caught on and gained a fan base, becoming the most watched television series for multiple years, and ranked among the greatest sitcoms ever by TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

But for our purposes, Seinfeld also popularized a number of words and phrases into the American lexicon. From "shrinkage" to "re-gifting," from being the "master of your domain" to the holiday of "Festivus," Seinfeld spawned a variety of terms that live on even today, 25-years after the show debuted.

Seinfeld's linguistic impact is so varied that Rolling Stone offers their top-15 Seinfeld-isms, while the New York Post goes ten further, detailing their top-25 words and phrases entered into the lexicon.

Among those phrases is "double-dipping."

Remember, folks: never double-dip a chip.






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