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Have you ever considered how a single line from a movie or a television advertisement spreads to become a ubiquitously popular expression? Do you know the origin of such phrases as "keeping up with the Joneses" and "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"? Are you often stumped when trying to remember the source of a line from a movie or an advertising slogan? The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases is the answer to the frequently asked questions "What's that from?" and "Who said that?" and offers a lively exploration of the history and usage of these common and timeless expressions. From "you talkin' to me?" to "melts in your mouth, not in your hand" to "see you later, alligator," this entertaining book provides a comprehensive selection of our best-loved catchphrases, paying homage to the human nature of adopting a common bond through language. A special Source Information section gives a background description of the shows, films, or books that are cited often, and a Source Index allows readers to look up entries from a particular source. With the most up-to-date entries, The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases offers an intriguing and fun tour of common language and is ideal for armchair linguists as well as all film, television, and popular culture junkies.

LOONEY TUNES Women's Black Faux Leather Tote Bag With Gold-Toned Hardware Featuring A Colorful Patchwork Design Showcasing 8 LOONEY TUNES Characters - That's all folks! How could we ever forget PORKY PIG's iconic line? Loved by children and adults alike, the fun and quirky characters on the show gave us so many memorable catchphrases like BUGS BUNNY's "What's Up, Doc?", TWEETY BIRD's "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!" and SYLVESTER THE CAT's "Sufferin' Succotash!" Now, you can spend time with your favorite LOONEY TUNES characters and their famous lines with this LOONEY TUNES Tote Bag, an original fashion design available only from The Bradford Exchange. Colorful poly twill and faux leather patches are sewn together to create a unique patchwork design featuring officially licensed artwork in full color.This beautifully crafted patchwork tote boasts eight of your favorite LOONEY TUNES characters including BUGS BUNNY, SYLVESTER THE CAT, TWEETY BIRD, DAFFY DUCK and more! These lovable characters are paired with some of their most iconic catchphrases, including "Whats Up, Doc?", "That's all Folks!" and more. And to keep all your belongings secure, this LOONEY TUNES bag closes with a magnetic snap. Generously sized, the tote showcases two large side pockets, an inside zippered pocket and two slip pockets. Adjustable dual handles and gold-toned hardware, including a LOONEY TUNES characters bullseye charm, add the perfect finishing touches. High demand is expected, so don't miss out. Order now!

A fascinating and entertaining study of the phrases that permeate everyday speech, this updated edition of Nigel Rees' popular reference book reveals the origins of the latest catchphrases as well as scores of traditional sayings and clichés. An expert on the use of language and host of BBC Radio's Quote...Unquote, Rees uncovers the sources of over 1200 catchphrases, including perennials like "a day late and a dollar short," and "you and whose army?," and modern phrases such as "and I'm like, hello?" Rees' exhaustive linguistic investigations trace the lineage of common catchphrases to a surprising array of cultural progenitors--from TV game shows to political slogans to Dante's Inferno--providing readers with an illuminating glimpse into the evolution of modern speech.

331p, illustrations by the author. This book can help you translate many air force terms into navy, army and civilian English. The author goes beyond defining the terms, looking into their origins and putting them into their historical context.

“By necessity, by proclivity, by delight,” Ralph Waldo Emerson said in 1876, “we all quote.” But often the phrases that fall most readily from our collective lips—like “fire when ready,”  “speak softly and carry a big stick,” or “nice guys finish last”—are those whose origins and true meanings we have ceased to consider. Restoring three-dimensionality to more than fifty of these American sayings, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too turns clichés back into history by telling the life stories of the words that have served as our most powerful battle cries, rallying points, laments, and inspirations.In individual entries on slogans and catchphrases from the early seventeenth to the late twentieth century, Jan Van Meter reveals that each one is a living, malleable entity that has profoundly shaped and continues to influence our public culture. From John Winthrop’s “We shall be as a city upon a hill” and the 1840 Log Cabin Campaign’s “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” and Ronald Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” each of Van Meter’s selections emerges as a memory device for a larger political or cultural story. Taken together in Van Meter’s able hands, these famous slogans and catchphrases give voice to our common history even as we argue about where it should lead us.“As Van Meter argues, these are important ‘memory devices for a larger story.’ . . . The author has thoroughly researched all the catchphrases . . . . This book would make delightful in-flight reading or a nice gift for a trivia buff. Recommended.”—Choice

Minimalist elegance could be the catchphrase for the Monaco line. Streamlined handles culminating in understated detail make this set at home on formal tables or casual get-togethers. Crafted in durable 18/10 stainless steel, the forged knives, polished forks, and symmetrical spoons all feature a mirror finish and are manufactured for a long life.

Celebrate Cartman's famous catchphrase with this funny South Park beanie hat! Everyone you sees you is sure to smile when you wear this hilarious and warm hat. Officially licensed Regular fit Mid crown Material: Acrylic Care: Hand wash cold Imported One size fits most

Black Cotton Blend Full-Zip Jacket Featuring Betty Boop And Pudgy Art And A Red Jersey-Lined Hood - Betty Boop™ is a style icon full of classy, sassy fun, and she brings her best friend, Pudgy, along everywhere she goes. She's famous for her Boop-Oop-a-Doop™ catchphrase and flirty attitude! And now, you can wear a custom women's Betty Boop™ hooded jacket to capture her style and celebrate her lifelong friendship with Pudgy. Introducing the Attitude Is Everything Women's Jacket, a fashion design original available exclusively from The Bradford Exchange.Crafted in a black easy-care cotton blend, the front of this zip-up jacket showcases officially licensed artwork of Betty Boop and Pudgy in front of a heart and the words "Boop-Oop-a-Doop". The sassy design continues on the back with a heart filled with words attributed to Betty Boop, along with artwork of her and her BFF. Sparkling red glitter accents add to the fun look, while a red jersey-lined hood with a kiss pattern gives this jacket a fun and flirty finishing touch. Additional details on this Betty Boop apparel include side seam pockets, knit cuffs and hem and a full front zip with a shiny silver-toned zipper pull. Intense demand is expected, so don't delay. Order now!

Embrace your inner doll with this officially licensed I'm Chucky, Wanna Play Sequin Joggers. With its glitzy red sequins and Chucky's signature catchphrase, this pair of pants is perfect for those who just want to get down with a Good Guy this Halloween! Pair it with the matching hoodie and it will be a match made in Hell. Officially licensed Drawstring waistband Material: Polyester, cotton Care: Machine wash Imported

Embrace your inner doll with this officially licensed I'm Chucky, Wanna Play Sequin Joggers. With its glitzy red sequins and Chucky's signature catchphrase, this pair of pants is perfect for those who just want to get down with a Good Guy this Halloween! Pair it with the matching hoodie and it will be a match made in Hell. Officially licensed Drawstring waistband Material: Polyester, cotton Care: Machine wash Imported

Embrace your inner doll with this officially licensed I'm Chucky, Wanna Play Sequin Joggers. With its glitzy red sequins and Chucky's signature catchphrase, this pair of pants is perfect for those who just want to get down with a Good Guy this Halloween! Pair it with the matching hoodie and it will be a match made in Hell. Officially licensed Drawstring waistband Material: Polyester, cotton Care: Machine wash Imported

Embrace your inner doll with this officially licensed I'm Chucky, Wanna Play Sequin Joggers. With its glitzy red sequins and Chucky's signature catchphrase, this pair of pants is perfect for those who just want to get down with a Good Guy this Halloween! Pair it with the matching hoodie and it will be a match made in Hell. Officially licensed Drawstring waistband Material: Polyester, cotton Care: Machine wash Imported

Everyone will get a kick out of these officially licensed Screw You Lounge Pants. Featuring Cartman's iconic catchphrase, everyone will know you're a big fan of South Park. Officially licensed Regular fit Material: Polyester Care: Spot clean Imported

Everyone will get a kick out of these officially licensed Screw You Lounge Pants. Featuring Cartman's iconic catchphrase, everyone will know you're a big fan of South Park. Officially licensed Regular fit Material: Polyester Care: Spot clean Imported

Everyone will get a kick out of these officially licensed Screw You Lounge Pants. Featuring Cartman's iconic catchphrase, everyone will know you're a big fan of South Park. Officially licensed Regular fit Material: Polyester Care: Spot clean Imported

Everyone will get a kick out of these officially licensed Screw You Lounge Pants. Featuring Cartman's iconic catchphrase, everyone will know you're a big fan of South Park. Officially licensed Regular fit Material: Polyester Care: Spot clean Imported

An alphabetically arranged guide to the programmes, stars, characters and catchphrases of the golden age of British radio, from the very beginning to the late 1960s. The book itself covers both the BBC and the early commercial stations and contains over 1600 entries which include "Itma", "Hancock's Half Hour", "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again", and radio characters which include Stinker Murdoch, Gilbert Harding, Richard Dimbleby and the Ovaltinies. The author is the creator of "Sounds Familiar" on radio and "Looks Familiar" on television.

Beginning with the first Persian Gulf conflict of 1990 91, the United States has been at war continuously for a quarter century. While using propaganda catchphrases, such as defense of human rights and War onTerror, to conceal the real aims of its interventions in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, as well as its confrontation with Russia and China, the United States has been engaged in a struggle for global hegemony. As the US seeks to counteract its economic weakness and worsening domestic social tensions, its relentless escalation of military operations threatens to erupt into a full-scale world war, between nuclear-armed states. The essays and lectures in this volume, informed by a Marxist understanding of the contradictions of American and world imperialism, analyze the progression of military interventions and geopolitical crises as they have developed over the past quarter century, not as a sequence of isolated episodes, but as moments in the unfolding of an interconnected historical process.

It’s totally revised, completely updated for the 21st century, and better than ever featuring more than 8,000 of the most contemporary words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, names, nicknames, named” events, and book, film, and TV titles. And they’re all defined and fully explained in lively style. From bootylicious” to Hogwarts,” it focuses on the riches of the modern verbal imagination, and follows the time-honored Brewer’s tradition of telling fascinating stories about the derivation and origins of each. The new editing team of John Ayto and Ian Crofton have polished the entire existing text and added some 1,000 new articles covering the cultural spectrum from literature to music, comic strips to computer games.

In the Cold War, "development" was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. In this sweeping and incisive book, Sara Lorenzini provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world.Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, Lorenzini shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. She shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects―examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground―and she also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. Lorenzini shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences.An unparalleled journey into the political, intellectual, and economic history of the twentieth century, this book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.