Good times!

[hawkida]

I don't write much here these days, do I? Must fix that.

So, here's a query. I'm hearing the phrases "good times", "bad times" and "sadface" a lot of late. Why? Do they come from some TV show or something?

Comments

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but it's become a LOT more common in recent months and used in a slightly different way, such as:

"We were at the pub last night. Good times!"

or

"It's nearly summer, good times!"

It's being used more as an equivalent of "It was great" than "They were great days". And while I can easily see the meaning of "sadface" the fact that it's suddenly so common suggests there's some cultural focus that it stems from, in the same way that adding NOT to the end of sentences came from Wayne's World.

[tadeous.livejournal.com]

I only hear sadface from Alex. I blame her.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

I'm hearing it all over the place. Googling "Oh. Sad face" gives over 5000 hits, "Oh. Sadface" gets over 1000. Definitely a phenomena of sorts, though possibly only a small one.

[seawasp]

True, there's probably a trigger that surges popularity. Though these things are all older than we think. The "Not!", for instance, I was startled to run across when I was reading "Pigs is Pigs", which dates from 1905.

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

I thought that was made popular by Waynes World though. Or was that just reflecting an expression from a more localised culture that became more mainstream as a result?