[Ads-l] Appeal for 21st Century/1990s Song Lyrics

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jun 10 22:18:22 UTC 2016


"Hit me baby one more time"

"Isn't it ironic"

"So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999"

Just off the top of my head...

DanG

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Galen Buttitta <
satorarepotenetoperarotas3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Turn down for what", from the DJ Snake/Lil Jon song of the same name,
> comes to mind.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 10, 2016, at 17:15, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > I am currently working on the second edition of the Yale Book of
> Quotations.  I would welcome any suggestions of famous lyrics from popular
> music (hip hop, rock, pop, r&b, country, Broadway shows, etc.) of the 21st
> century or 1990s.  "Famous lyrics" can include not only longer passages but
> also short sayings or phrases that have "passed into the language" or
> become catchphrases or memes.
> >
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
> >
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> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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