What are some titles of book, movies, songs, etc. that have worked their way into the language?

Asked by LostInParadise (32183

) March 17th, 2010

There are some titles that have a life of their own apart from whatever they are the title of. For example, the phrase “the good, the bad and the ugly” and variations of it is used so often that I think many who use it may not even be aware of the movie whose title that it comes from.

Here are some other titles that I think may have a similar status:
Dirty Dozen
Magnificent Seven
Catch 22
Tea For Two
Tale of Two Cities
White Christmas

Can you think of any others?

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Gaslight, the link explains exactly what gaslighting is. The name comes from the 1944 movie starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman.

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Well, when I read the title of your question, the first thing that came to mind was Catch-22, because I use it frequently. Sadly, you listed it.

Ta-ta~!

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Romeo & Juliet describes a couple in love, Romeo a suitor.

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The Matrix. For example: “Whoa, I feel like I’m in the Matrix or something!”

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Generation X

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I’m Gonna Git You Sucka

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Although not a title you could say “jump the shark” from the Happy Days episode

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McGuyver

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“Star Wars”
“The Bible”

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bootylicious by destinys child! was just a song and now the word bootylicious is in the dictionary. along with others words such as muggle from Harry Potter.

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