Oh Snap

[Guest truthsayer]

[Punisher84]

LMAO

[poak]

Oh SNAP!

This should be a sticky

[Guest canynracer]

LMAO

[Guest Astra900]

If we were one of the "someones" that didn't get told, would it be acceptable procedure to assume this thread is an all inclusive "tell someone" thread, and all who read it may then proceed to final step of "oh snap" ?

Or is it an exclusive "if you have to ask, you'll never know".

[The Average Joe]

Oh SNAP!

This should be a sticky

This should be a t-shirt.

[Guest db99wj]

[Guest TargetShooter84]

Haha!

[Rightwinger]

Okay, I hit the net pretty regularly when I get home. I keep up with the news, watch some network TV like House and Fringe but mostly keep to the Discovery Channel.

Please explain the origin of "Oh Snap" for those of us who are not current with the terms genesis. I like the term, it fits quite a few situations we are all caught in daily.

[Guest hustle]

You should watch an episode of My Name is Earl.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

You should watch an episode of My Name is Earl.

Hahaha I love that show!

[Rightwinger]

So that's where it came from or are they just using it as well?

Never watched "Earl", didn't catch any interest in the teaser adds for it.

[poak]

Also heavily used in Zoolander

[Guest truthsayer]

It was an urban colloquialism whose origin, if memory serves, loosely coincided with the physical act of snapping as a form of punctuation ca. 1990.

[Rightwinger]

Wow, I apparently missed an entire generations terms on this one. If that came up in the 90s, it was probably overshadowed by "going postal" with the crowds I run with. (crowds = what, 4 or 5 folks! LOL)