We’ve all got ’em. You know, those turn-of-phrases that we’ve directly plucked from the herald halls of pop culture’s past.
2000 and beyond has spewed out marvellous sayings that we’d be nowhere without, and seeing as half of our jobs here at P.TV are centred around them, we thought we’d share our faves – the phrases that are still in rotation, or at least still should be.
1. “That must be Nigel with the brie.” – 10 Things I Hate About You
2. “Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway because it’s sterile and I like the taste.” – Dodgeball
3. “Milk was a bad choice.” – Anchorman
4. “Who am I?” – Zoolander
5. “Florals for Spring? Groundbreaking.” – The Devil Wears Prada
6. “That escalated quickly.” – Anchorman
7. “You sank my battleshit.” – Harold & Kumar
8. “Coffee, coffee, coffee before we teach-ee teach-ee.” – Summer Heights High
9. “A piece for Gretchen Wieners, a partial Spring Fling Queen.” – Mean Girls
10. “Yeah baby, YEAH.” – Austin Powers
11. “I’m a lehhhhhdy.” – Little Britain
12. “Ain’t nobody got time fo’ that.” – YouTube
13. “I can’t go to Taco Bell, I’m on an all-carb diet. GOD KAREN YOU’RE SO STOOPID.” – Mean Girls
14. “GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER CAROL.” – Bridesmaids
15. “AMERICA, FUCK YEAH.” – Team America
16. “So much room for activities.” – Step Brothers
17. “You’re tacky, and I hate you.” – School Of Rock
18. “RON, STAHP.” – Jersey Shore
19. “If you’re from Africa, why are you white?” – Mean Girls
20. “Boo, you whore.” – Mean Girls
21. “I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mum.” – Mean Girls
>22. “I love your bins. They’re so random.” – Summer Heights High
23. “Tall Jan is malicious?” – All Bran
24. “You are more beautiful than Cinderella. You smell like pine needles, and have a face like sunshine.” – Bridesmaids
25. “Ecstasy. Ecstasy. E. E. E. E. Ecstasy.” – Summer Heights High
26. “That’s hot.” – Paris Hilton / Nicole Richie
27. “PIVOT.” – Friends
28. “Unfortunately, my neck does look like a vagina.” – Austin Powers
29. “They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works, every time.” – Anchorman
30. “I’m in a glass cage of emotion.” – Anchorman
31. “I can’t help that I’ve got a heavy flow and a wide-set vagina.” – Mean Girls
32. “I’m a mouse, duh.” – Mean Girls
33. “On Wednesdays we wear pink.” – Mean Girls
34. “GO TO BED JESSICA.” – RTA
35. “Schmoke and a pancake.” – Austin Powers
36. “Welcome to Mr. G’s room, G’s room, G’s room. Welcome to Mr. G’s room, come inside…and take your shoes off, find a spot on the floor.” – Summer Heights High
37. “I know you can be overwhelmed, and that you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?” – 10 Things I Hate About You
38. “Imma let you finish, but…” – Kanye West
39. “Oh, God, honey, no! What kind of mother do you think I am? Why, do you want a little bit? Because if you’re going to drink I’d rather you do it in the house.” – Mean Girls
40.“But as her manager…” – Kris Jenner
41. “You killed Kenny. You bastards!” – South Park
42. “NOT. HAPPY. JAN.” – Yellow Pages
43. “Spirit fingers.” – Bring It On
44. “What, like it’s hard?” – Legally Blonde
45. “Spin around, Chinaman. Spin around, spin around.” – Summer Heights High
46. “DENTAL PLAN. Lisa needs braces.” – The Simpsons
47. “DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS?” – Step Brothers
48. “You go, Glen Coco.” – Mean Girls
49. “MILF.” – American Pie
50. “YOU CAN’T SIT WITH US.” – Mean Girls
51. “Miley, what’s good?” – Niki Minaj
52. “So you agree. You think you’re really pretty.” – Mean Girls
53. “I want thaht one.” – Little Britain
54. “She wants my dick, in and around her mouth.” – Superbad
55. “Hit a lot of railings, broke a lot of shit.” – Bridesmaids
56. “This sort of thing is fine. That sort of thing — not fine. Fine. Not fine.” – Summer Heights High
57. “SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE.” – Mean Girls
58. “Cindy, the TV’s leaking.” – Scary Movie
59. “Did you see a nipple? It only counts if you saw a nipple.” – Mean Girls
60. “Stay classy San Diego.” – Anchorman
61. “You guys made me ink.” – Finding Nemo
62. “We’re not so different, you and I.” – Austin Powers
63. “One-three-double-oh-six-triple-five-oh-six.” – Reading Writing Hotline
64. “I guess you can dere-lick my balls cap-E-tan.” – Zoolander
65. “GET. IN. MAH. BELLEH.” – Austin Powers
66. “IT’S COMING OUT OF ME LIKE LAVA.” – Bridesmaids
67. “Moon Pie… What a time to be alive.” – The Simpsons
68. “My milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard.” – Kelis
69. “Bendddd, and SNAP.” – Legally Blonde
70. “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife.” – YouTube
71. “Slappin’ the bass, man.” – I Love You, Man
72. “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.” – Finding Nemo
73. “XOXO, Gossip Girl.” – Gossip Girl
74. “What is this, a centre for ants?” – Zoolander
75. “Sic ’em Rex.” – Antz Pantz
76. “Go shorty, it’s your birthday.” – 50 Cent
77. “MER-MAN.” – Zoolander
78. “Thank god you’re here. Grandma’s been raped.” – Summer Heights High
79. “I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.” – Anchorman
80. “So fetch.” – Mean Girls
81. “Yeah, ‘OH SHIT’.” – Bridesmaids
82. “No, no. I was saying steamed HAMS.” – The Simpsons
83. “She’s a party girl with a bad habit. A bad habit for drugs.” – Summer Heights High
84. “That’ll do, donkey. That’ll do.” – Shrek
85. “That’s why her hair is so big: It’s full of secrets.” – Mean Girls
86. “I’m going to climb that like a tree.” – Bridesmaids
87. “It’s called civil rights. This is the ’90s.” – Bridesmaids
88. “Slap the butcher!” – Summer Heights High
89. “By the beard of Zeus!” – Anchorman
90. “That’s a paddlin’.” – The Simpsons
91. “Your mom’s chest hair.” – Mean Girls
92. “Is butter a carb?” – Mean Girls
93. “She’s a life ruiner. She ruins people’s lives.” – Mean Girls
94. “Computer says no.” – Little Britain
95. “She doesn’t even go here.” – Mean Girls
96. “It’s LeviOsa, not LevioSA.” – Harry Potter
97. “Oh no, a pimple! A day before the party!” – Clearasil
98. “Help me, I’m poor.” – Bridesmaids
99. “Tina, you fat lard.” – Napoleon Dynamite
100. “Treat yo’self.” – Parks and Recreation
101. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” – Dodgeball
