[Ads-l] Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2021

[Laurence Horn]

Interesting.  That answers a question I had—someone in my neighborhood keeps chalking “Trump” or “Trump Won” (along with similar sentiments—“Taliban Joe” and so on).  Someone else has been annotating them to read “Trump Lost”.  But then another chalk message popping up is “Let’s go, Brandon”. I had no idea what that was about, because I didn’t realize that was a euphemism for “Fuck Joe Biden”.  Is this a great country or what?

On QOTY candidates, we had this one way back when:

“We love you. You’re very special.”
—Donald J. Trump to insurrectionists, reported in Jan. 7 news articles

LH
 
> On Oct 24, 2021, at 11:57 PM, Bill Mullins <amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Origin of a meme:
> NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown at Talladega after he won his first Xfinity Series race on Oct. 3.  The crowd in the background was shouting "F--k Joe Biden" during the interview, and Stavast said "As you can hear the chants from the crowd, 'Let's go, Brandon.'"
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> https://deadline.com/2021/10/nascar-kelli-stavast-brandon-brown-crowd-chants-reaction-1234848794/
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> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> on behalf of Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU<mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>>
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2021 7:27 AM
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> Subject: Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2021
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> It's getting to be that time of year again.  In the next five or so weeks I have to finalize my list of the 10 most notable quotations of the year, disseminated by the Associated Press, and would welcome suggestions.  The criteria are quotations that are famous, or important, or particularly revealing of the spirit of our times.  Invariably many of the quotes are political in nature, but I do very much want some nonpolitical quotes from fields such as popular culture, sports, business, science, etc.  I also would like to have some foolish quotes from Democrats to give the list some balance.
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> Note that quotations from December 2020 may be eligible.  Internet memes can be considered if they are very popular.
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> Fred Shapiro
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