[Ads-l] Query about the origin of a meme

[Laurence Horn]

Oops.  How soon they forget, at least when they is me.

LH

> On May 1, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> We discussed this a couple of years ago, and I cited an SNL example
> from Amy Poehler back in 2004 (though it's not quite canonical: "said
> no one" without the "ever").
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.linguistlist.org_pipermail_ads-2Dl_2013-2DMarch_126378.html&d=AwIBAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=RlZVABNVrnK7_ulsdGczUP5QSaLYinRoqNxPDWxaj0I&s=QN2br-jA1U7Szz16H2YeLdxqchV1glXlRzVFNei4ryw&e= 
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__snltranscripts.jt.org_04_04bupdate.phtml&d=AwIBAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=RlZVABNVrnK7_ulsdGczUP5QSaLYinRoqNxPDWxaj0I&s=JJj3fjvbgBr2e5HazfeLhLYDpHo36hNWl2_LGpfoUJo&e= 
> Britney Spears is recording a rap song about the recent controversies
> in her life. "I can't wait to hear that!" said no one.
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Garson.  So it peaked in 2013.  No mention of non-internet usage
>> like the "Weekend Update" occurrences I mentioned, but I guess even SNL
>> runs a distant second in the era of the twitterverse.  In any case,
>> between retro-NOT, sarcastic "I don't think", and now "said no one
>> ever", there seems to be both a need and a short shelf-life for these
>> retroactive cancellation devices.
>> 
>>> On May 1, 2015, at 9:05 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here is a link to an interesting analysis:
>>> 
>>> Website: Know Your Meme
>>> 
>>> Article title: ...Said No One Ever
>>> 
>>> Article subtitle: Part of a series on Internet Slang.
>>> 
>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__knowyourmeme.com_memes_said-2Dno-2Done-2Dever&d=AwIBAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=RlZVABNVrnK7_ulsdGczUP5QSaLYinRoqNxPDWxaj0I&s=-vLyhaq577ynY3iMX8dNM4j3yPY4d2gdBL3M_FHz_Hk&e= 
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>>> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ...namely, "...said no one ever" (or variants, e.g. "...said nobody
>>>> ever").  It strikes me as similar to at least one use of the 90s-ism
>>>> (yes, as Jon and Jesse showed us, it's really an *18*90s-ism) "Not!", or
>>>> "retro-NOT" as I like to call it.  Here's urbandictionary's entry:
>>>> 
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.urbandictionary.com_define.php-3Fterm-3D3Dsaid-2Bno-2Bone-2Bever&d=AwIBAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=RlZVABNVrnK7_ulsdGczUP5QSaLYinRoqNxPDWxaj0I&s=JgWH26lEcImtP-ckyHvaLbt4nUFreyD8Wd7jyr839G0&e= 
>>>> 
>>>> I first noticed it on SNL's Weekend Update, possibly from Cecily Strong,
>>>> but no doubt (like "...NOT", which wasn't invented on SNL. either by
>>>> Wayne's World in the early 90s or by Steve Martin in the 1978 Nerds
>>>> Science Fair routine) it was already lurking, maybe in the twitter
>>>> sphere.
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