"Let's do this"

[Laurence Horn]

Thanks, Hugo et al.  Yes, I noticed a lot of 2004 entries on UD.  Very curious.  I guess I haven't been listening to the right kind of music, going to the right kind of movies, or playing the right kind of video games, so I had to wait out the required 10 year delay before it started to turn up in commercials…

LH

On Nov 25, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Hugo wrote:

> Strangely, of the 12 definitions on UD, 11 are from 2004 and 9 of those from April 2004.
>
> One UD definition quotes the 1993 film Menace II Society:
>
> [Begin]
> a urban term used when about to accomplish something important or worthwhile. Usually used proceeding a violent act.
>
> E.I. In the movie "Menace To Society"..
> ODogg: Kane,I heard where them niggas that shot ya cousin hang at... ya down for a 187? (Murder)
> Kane: "Let's do this".
> ODogg: You gettin down my nigga.
> [End]
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=let%27s%20do%20this&defid=638712
>
> Let's check subzin.com, which indexes subtitles, for some films. As always, sometimes the metadata is wrong, but most of these look plausible and I've quickly checked most of the out.
>
> ---
>
> Die Hard 2 (1990):
> [Begin]
> Dick> I want you to go live now, give it a file or publicity shoot, what ever,
> Connie has one. And a map, steal one from weather.
>
>
> We're on it, we're on it. We're cutting in 5 minutes. Tell the other net if they
> want in, they have 3 minutes to shoot. Let's do this.
>
> Dick> Network, here I come.
> [End]
>
> ---
>
> House Party (1990):
>
> [Begin]
> • 00:40:46 Hi. Let's do this, girl.
>
> • 00:40:53 The time is...
>
> • 00:40:56 l'm sorry. l just finished dancing.
> [End]
>
> http://www.subzin.com/quotes/House+Party/Hi.+Let%27s+do+this%2C+girl.
>
> ---
>
> Batteries Not Included (1987):
>
> [Begin]
> Man (opening medicine bottle): Come on out, Faye. Let's do this.
> Woman: Where's Muriel?
> Man: It smells like cherry cordial, this stuff.
> [End]
>
> Video clip:
> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-Bcl2bmYJ4hbJmm/batteries_not_included_1987_nighttime_in_the_building/
>
> ---
>
> Broadcast News (1987):
>
> [Begin]
> INT. JANE'S ROOM - NIGHT
>
> Jane sitting next to Aaron making detailed timing notes as she
> screens the material shot that day on a portable monitor unit.
>
>                AARON
>        Where's where I asked him about
>        being scared?
>                (then)
>        You should work on your speech.
>
>                JANE
>        No.  It makes me nervous to think
>        about it.  Let's do this.
>
> She consults her notes and goes back to the exact spot.
>
>                AARON
>                (on tape)
>        All this business of war -- do you
>        get scared?
> [End]
>
> http://sfy.ru/?script=broadcast_news
>
> ---
>
> Popeye (1980):
>
> [Begin]
> • Time - Phrase
> • 01:26:55 Well, if that's where they ain't,
>
> • 01:26:56 that's where I'm going to prove that they ain't.
>
> • 01:26:57 Oh, come on. Let's do this.
>
> • 01:26:58 Oh, Popeye, wait a minute.
>
> • 01:27:06 Go get 'em, Popeye!
> [End]
>
> http://www.subzin.com/quotes/Popeye/Oh%2C+come+on.%0D%0A+Let%27s+do+this.
>
> ---
>
> Rio Grande (1950):
>
> [Begin]
> • Time - Phrase
> • 01:09:56 Thank you for your kindness, doctor.
>
> • 01:09:58 DOC: Yeah.
>
> • 01:09:59 TYREE: Let's do this, sergeant.
>
> • 01:10:00 DOC: If Tyree was my trooper...
>
> • 01:10:02 I wouldn't be so eager to see him get hung.
> [End]
>
> http://www.subzin.com/quotes/Rio+Grande/TYREE%3A+Let%27s+do+this%2C+sergeant.
>
>
> ---
>
> Hugo
>
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