How about we all make a conscious effort to try and reintroduce a dated linguistic reference to something back into wide circulation.
Like (we’ll all agree on what it is actually in this thread but something like) if we all start saying “Simples” from those Meerkat adverts or “Why so serious?” from Batman or something like that. A phrase or term that is recent enough for people to go “bit weird that “why so serious” is making a comeback” but not so recent that it still might be used in some places.
My old English teacher once said about something that hadn’t happened yet, “It hasn’t quite come off the carousel yet”, and when we pointed out it was an odd turn of phrase, he said it was something he’d made up following an incident at an airport. Me and a classmate have used the phrase ever since, but it has yet to catch on in the wider populace.
Weird that that thread about “everyone is going on about Moby Dick” got over 100 replies innit, was a really poor thread concept and it wasn’t executed well either
Is “cowabunga” too old a phrase to be considered for this project?
Good luck with this though, I’m probably not able to actively help, but I’ll be happy to contribute to a crowdfunder if one gets put together at some point.
