Catch phrases we couldn't get enough

Wine --- it’s a beautiful, beautiful thing.  Who knew grape juice would get better with age???  Whoever had the idea of fermenting grape juice was a genius.  Now THAT is an example of something timeless.  

Unlike milk.  Leave milk a few odd weeks after opening?  It turns into sour undrinkable chunks, of which, upon consumption, would leave a bad automobile-accident-taste on your throat.  Very much like bad pop culture references.  

No, they don’t get better with age --- they have a VERY short shelf life, and trying to bring them back is just lame.  TV and film has taught us the joy of self-referencing out of respect (or disrespect) for itself.  A small part of that self-referencing is catchphrases.  Apparently, other forms of media find it inappropriate to just let some of ‘em die, much like keeping a suffering animal from getting it out of its misery.  

In this article, is a list of catchphrases that most media just won’t let go --- from least merciful to the most abused.  Enjoy!

Hack the “…” - We’re pretty much very near the end of the first “2000” decades and some folk still talk like it’s the 90’s.  (Or late 80’s if you count Sneakers --- yeah, you know it, that Robert Redford film)  Apparently, to present an “edge,” hacking is the way to go.  After the browser boom of the 90’s, people are going, “hack da planeeeetttt,” “hack da mothershiiiipppp,” “hack da maatriiixxx,” or “hack that soulja boy?”  Anyway, how would it be possible to “hack” alien technology with modern-day equipment?  Jeff Goldblum did it in Independence day, and the most recent offenders are The Transformers movie (when the Department of Defense hired “hackers” to decode the Transformer signal) and the new Spider-Man cartoon’s opening sequence: “DNA hacked” --- how the hell would you hack DNA?  

I’ll Be Back – Ahnold said it first!  (Or is it a variation on Douglas McArthur’s “I shall return”?)  This is typically said while making an impression of Ahnold, all big boy voice and whatnot.  It’s been 23 years since the first Terminator movie, and people are still quoting it.  What’s up with that?  It’s just offensive to people who a.) have funny accents or b.) are planning to return to something they were doing.

What-EVER – With total emphasis on the word EVER. (EvERRRR, Evar, Evahhhh)  Say somebody points out a fault, the accused party goes, “like, what-EVER!”  We get it --- your comebacks are from a time and place where clever banter doesn’t exist!  I remember it being part of a regular skit from the Nickelodeon show All That in the late 90’s --- the very same kids who use this up to today are generally regarded as airheads.  (Though the usage in All That was actually making fun of BEING an airhead!)

Duuuuuuuuuuuuhhh – When pointing out something completely obvious, this is usually the reply.  Are they trying to prove anything?  Does intellectual superiority amount to presupposing that you knew the right answer all along, expressed by a prolonged syllable?  Uh, duuuuuuuuhhh!

Oh no they di’int – Followed by snapping at three different locations.  It’s not just annoying, it’s also offensive by stereotyping!  Oh que horror!

Yo Mama – A.k.a. “Your mom!”  At which point was it cool to poke fun at someone else’s mom?  It’s just mean.  Origins?  “You mama so fat, *insert hyperbole here*” So what if the other person’s mom is a little fat?  What does it have to do with your argument with the other person?  Is it some deep-seated Oedipal desire let loose?  

[Update!  How come some people here haven’t thought of the other examples above?  “Oh no they di’int!”]