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The Buffyism 'Wackiness Ensues'
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James Craine
2004-09-22 04:32:06 UTC
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On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness
ensues'. I don't recall ever hearing this term before Buffy,
does anyone else? If not then I think that JW has slipped
one into the popular culture.

Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking
out to the mainstream?
Don Sample
2004-09-22 05:16:55 UTC
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Post by James Craine
On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness
ensues'. I don't recall ever hearing this term before Buffy,
does anyone else? If not then I think that JW has slipped
one into the popular culture.
Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking
out to the mainstream?
"Wackiness ensues" is much older than Buffy. I can remember Johnny
Carson using it back in the 80s.

It has been part of the standard description for pretty much every
sitcom for decades.
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RickRamey
2004-09-22 12:59:43 UTC
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:32:06 GMT, James Craine
Post by James Craine
On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness
ensues'. I don't recall ever hearing this term before Buffy,
does anyone else? If not then I think that JW has slipped
one into the popular culture.
Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking
out to the mainstream?
During the Democratic National Convention in Boston this year, I heard
a Fox News reporter refer to those giving speeches as "speechifying".
I can't remember if I ever heard that one any of Joss's shows, but it
sure sounds like Jossspeak to me.
Don Sample
2004-09-22 14:36:13 UTC
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Post by RickRamey
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:32:06 GMT, James Craine
Post by James Craine
On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness
ensues'. I don't recall ever hearing this term before Buffy,
does anyone else? If not then I think that JW has slipped
one into the popular culture.
Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking
out to the mainstream?
During the Democratic National Convention in Boston this year, I heard
a Fox News reporter refer to those giving speeches as "speechifying".
I can't remember if I ever heard that one any of Joss's shows, but it
sure sounds like Jossspeak to me.
"Speechify" has been around long enough to get into many dictionaries.
(But not into the OS-X spell checker.)
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RickRamey
2004-09-22 14:56:47 UTC
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:32:06 GMT, James Craine
Post by James Craine
On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness
ensues'. I don't recall ever hearing this term before Buffy,
does anyone else? If not then I think that JW has slipped
one into the popular culture.
Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking
out to the mainstream?
During the Democratic National Convention in Boston this year, I heard
a Fox News reporter refer to those giving speeches as "speechifying".
I can't remember if I ever heard that one any of Joss's shows, but it
sure sounds like Jossspeak to me.
"Speechify" has been around long enough to get into many dictionaries.
(But not into the OS-X spell checker.)
Huh. Learn something new every day. You correct.
Richmond
2004-09-22 22:53:34 UTC
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On 'Jeopardy' the question ended with the term 'wackiness ensues'. I don't
recall ever hearing this term before Buffy, does anyone else? If not then
I think that JW has slipped one into the popular culture.
Can anyone name any (other?) examples of Buffyisms breaking out to the
mainstream?
"wackiness ensues" is a variant of the more common "hilarity ensues." Or
the fark.com-ism "jailarity."

I've gotten in the habit of using adjectives as nouns, as they commonly do
on Buffy. Expressions like, "what's the big?" or referring to the villain
as "the big bad." It's like the 21st century version of "verbing!"
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