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Did Pearl Jam Coin the Phrase "What The F*ck" with Porch?

IgivesuchgoodparadymIgivesuchgoodparadym Posts: 924
edited August 2008 in The Porch
Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.
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    cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,124
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.


    I don't think so.
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    intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.
    I think what the fuck has been used for quite some time now.

    I mean people have been saying-

    what the fuck were you thinking?
    what the fuck are you doing?
    etc

    for a while now.
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    emeraldkityemeraldkity Posts: 370
    ha ha.
    you young kids are so cute, but you really ought to get out more.
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    Touchofgray16Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    My mother told me "what the fuck" were the first words that came out of my mouth :D and I'm 50 years old, so the answer must be "no"
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    Solat13Solat13 Philadelphia Posts: 6,996
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSLmZoV1T4
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    IgivesuchgoodparadymIgivesuchgoodparadym Posts: 924
    Touchofgray16 wrote:
    My mother told me "what the fuck" were the first words that came out of my mouth :D and I'm 50 years old, so the answer must be "no"


    Hahaha. Potty mouth! I just don't remember WTF used that much at all in the 90's, especially early 90s except when I would watch replays of MTV Unplugged with Porch being played.
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    petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    No..I definately dont think they did
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    Solat13Solat13 Philadelphia Posts: 6,996
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Hahaha. Potty mouth! I just don't remember WTF used that much at all in the 90's, especially early 90s except when I would watch replays of MTV Unplugged with Porch being played.

    It was used all the time in the 80's. It was one of the catch phrases from Risky Business.
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    CobCob Posts: 857
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.

    You have to kidding me, next thing you'll be saying they popularized hallelujah from Do the Evolution. Oh yea I think they popularized LP's also by making and releasing them.
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    shareshare Posts: 551
    what the fuck kind of question is that?
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    Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    Ashton Kutcher?

    Is that you?
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    IgivesuchgoodparadymIgivesuchgoodparadym Posts: 924
    Cob wrote:
    You have to kidding me, next thing you'll be saying they popularized hallelujah from Do the Evolution. Oh yea I think they popularized LP's also by making and releasing them.

    I have spotty memory. The early 90s was sooo long ago. WTF!
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    xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,083
    Solat13 wrote:
    It was used all the time in the 80's. It was one of the catch phrases from Risky Business.

    that's correct, it was used in that scene when curtis armstrong tells tom cruise sometimes you've got to say what the fuck.
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    Solat13Solat13 Philadelphia Posts: 6,996
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    that's correct, it was used in that scene when curtis armstrong tells tom cruise sometimes you've got to say what the fuck.

    Yeah, I posted the youtube link a few posts ago. At least that's the first time I remember it being prominently used in pop culture.
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    xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,083
    Solat13 wrote:
    Yeah, I posted the youtube link a few posts ago. At least that's the first time I remember it being prominently used in pop culture.

    Me too, of course it's also used extensively in any movie/tv show about organized crime as well.
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    anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    emeraldkity wrote:
    ha ha.
    you young kids are so cute, but you really ought to get out more.
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    jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,560
    ahhh...i dont think so!
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    Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    ahhh...i dont think so!

    Well I can point out with absolute authority who coined "i don't think so" and made it part of our lexicon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHRFhfeLgY
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    High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,435
    Yep, they also invented the saying "What the Hell?" which is a cleaner version.

    Seriously though, no. Maybe you were just too young to hear all the adults that always said "What the Fuck???" when something happened. The internet wasn't much of a thing back then, so WTF didn't actually exist.
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    they didn't have cuss words when my grandma was my age. true story
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    beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.

    definitely not, it was a phrase at my high school, and I graduated in '86
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    G ForceG Force Posts: 1,392
    Solat13 wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSLmZoV1T4


    Touche. Question answered.
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    restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,941
    what the fuck is with this thread?
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    SDHSClassof82SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    Yes they did, and Stone invented this thing called *Keeping Time*...in the 70's.

    Also big back in those days....Writing in complete sentences, with correct spelling and punctuation and everything.

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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,688
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.

    Yes and they also popularized porches being put on the front of houses.
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    TheLostSoulTheLostSoul Posts: 773
    my first thought is...

    WHAT THE FUCK!?
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    dannydanny Posts: 2,270
    Igivesuchgoodparadym wrote:
    Or at the very least popularize it? I don't remember WTF being a part of our lexicon in 1992 when Porch came out and it's now a daily part of our conversation. At least it is in some parts of the world (I.E. East Coast). I was just recently out of high school in 1992 and don't ever recall that phrase being used as often as it is today. I'm just saying.


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