WTF?

Thanks for the suggestion, mactach, I did watch it again and I'm more certain than ever that he says WTF. I suggest you watch it again, without preconceptions.

Perhaps you misunderstood my point. I am not suggesting he says the words "What the *beep*" but the actual LETTERS W-T-F. No reason to think those letters didn't exist long ago as an expression of shock (cf. fubar and snafu.) Just because they're common now on the Internet doesn't mean they were invented there. (Now, if I claimed he said ROTFLMFAO you'd be justified in doubting me. ;~)

Take another look.

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Yes to your observation that language and idioms people think are "their generation" are old as dirt. In watching old tv and movies I am continually surprised to hear expressions I totally thought had just been "invented" in the last few years.

I once caught a few moments of the sitcom "Roseanne". One of her kids had done or said something and she delivered the line, "Now we know why some animals eat their young." I thought that was hysterical.

Years later, I heard Eve Arden deliver that same line in 1945's "Mildred Pierce". And tonight, we heard that very line in another Joan Crawford film, "Grand Hotel" from 1932!

We post-modern types are just not as unique and bleeding edge as we thought. But try telling that to your kids.

Very true!

It was right up there with Sierra Hotel.

:)