Teen Lingo site

[Wilson Gray]

On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> I don't know if anyone other than myself ever used this as a cynical
> catch phrase, but there was an NBC sitcom about 1964 inspired, they
> said. by the life and writings of James Thurber which was called,
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> "My Life and Welcome to It."
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> JL

Yes. I remember that show. That is, I've never used the phrase, but
yes, I do remember the TV show,

-Wilson

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> Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> At 12:11 AM -0500 2/1/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> Another first: on a sitcom, I heard a white character
>> say: "It's your world. I'm just living in it."
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> This has been big on ESPN's SportsCenter for a while. A highlight
> of, say, a basketball player X making a great move is shown and the
> anchor says "It's X's world; we're just living in it." At least
> since the late 90's. Maybe first with Michael Jordan? Can you help
> narrow it down, Alice?
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> larry
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