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01-05-2006, 07:54 PM
JUMP THE COUCH!
From now on, whenever someone seems to have lost their mind, seem a little looney, off their rocker, etc. this phrase will be the one to use to describe that.
‘Jump the couch’ is top gun of slang in '05
Tom's Oprah antics help the phrase cruise to Slang of the Year honor
Chris Pizzello / Reuters file
Updated: 9:10 a.m. ET Dec. 30, 2005
NEW YORK - When Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch, a new slang term was born. And now, “jump the couch” has been named the Slang of the Year by the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang.
The dictionary defines “jump the couch” as exhibiting “strange or frenetic behavior.”
Runners-up for Slang of the Year include Floodweiser, which is the canned water Anheuser-Busch donated to hurricane victims, and Spokesweasel, which is a PR spokesperson.
From now on, whenever someone seems to have lost their mind, seem a little looney, off their rocker, etc. this phrase will be the one to use to describe that.
‘Jump the couch’ is top gun of slang in '05
Tom's Oprah antics help the phrase cruise to Slang of the Year honor
Chris Pizzello / Reuters file
Updated: 9:10 a.m. ET Dec. 30, 2005
NEW YORK - When Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch, a new slang term was born. And now, “jump the couch” has been named the Slang of the Year by the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang.
The dictionary defines “jump the couch” as exhibiting “strange or frenetic behavior.”
Runners-up for Slang of the Year include Floodweiser, which is the canned water Anheuser-Busch donated to hurricane victims, and Spokesweasel, which is a PR spokesperson.