It finally reached my attention that everyone now says “I know, right?” This is what you say when you agree with someone else, but want to express your solidarity in a fun and irreverent style.
“Anyone who continues to write a blog in the year 2008 is a complete nimrod.”
“I know, right?”
A friend 3,000 miles away used the phrase with me, and then a colleague in California said it, so that makes it official: the expression has reached critical mass from coast to coast. I first noticed it when the best friend used the line in Juno, but it apparently appeared as early as the Lindsay Lohan pre-rehab vehicle Mean Girls, so it took its time becoming a thing. Now, of course, it’s a milisecond away from going out of style, and “Geese Aplenty” is here to tell you the new catchphrase that’s waiting in the wings to take its place in similar conversational situations: “Yes, I agree.” You heard it here first.
I am the worst visual learner ever. If someone demonstrates a multi-step process to me and then says “Now you try,” I might as well be attempting to construct a working rocket ship out of soda straws. But I’m not very good at reading instructions, either. I am honestly not sure how I ever learned anything, and am pretty certain that I never actually have. What is a noun? What does Marley’s Ghost represent? What does John McCain really stand for?
If you didn’t actually say “A boom chick-a boom” to start out with, are you morally compromised if you subsequently claim “I said a boom chick-a rock-a chick-a rock-a chick-a-boom?”
Posted by Greg at 06:02 PM.
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“I know, right” can’t possibly be the with it catchphrase because I’ve been saying that since about forever. And since I am all shades of uncool there is no way anything I ever say on a regular basis could ever be considered the IT thing. I’m just saying.
The title you used for this blog and the fact that you even know it’s reference source just gave me a raging vag-on.
If it’s Greg’s blog, it has to be Buffy, right? Or, in this case, Anya.
“I know, right” must only be said in the accent and vocal tone of Rosie Perez and don’t forget to drag the “right” out for miles.
Great header. I’ve been hearing “I know, right” from hippie types for years. It’s a very affirming phrase that should make you feel good.
I cannot say the words “I have a theory” without singing (usually in my head) Anya’s part of this song.
I have never said “I know, right?” Does that make me cool or incredibly uncool?
Have also been saying “I know, right?” since about junior high.
About the same time I was saying boom-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka-boom. Uh-huh. Oh yeah. One more time. Motorcycle style.