pepsi offers "more happy"

[Wilson Gray]

Well, I say, "Think different!"

-Wilson

On 6/9/07, Mark Peters <markpeters33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I'm reminded of a Buffy expression that I love: "give one a happy," which has a definite sexual association on the show but can be used to describe anything good.
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>   For example: This sushi is giving me a big happy. Guess I need a Pepsi too if I want multiple happies.
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>   See Michael Adams' wonderful Slayer Slang for a lot more on this.
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>   Mark
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> Douglas Kenter <dwkenter at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> A new advertising push from PepsiCo comes with the slogan, "More
> Happy," which I think is intended to mean something like "More
> Happiness" rather than "Happier," though the meaning could be along
> the lines of:
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> "Pepsi makes you more happy."
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> And, though somewhat odd, "More Happy" does seem a bit more coherent
> and clever to me as a slogan than "More Happiness" or "Happier" would
> be.
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> Still unexplained is the motivation behind the orthography of the
> recent Will Smith movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
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> Doug Kenter
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