Nerd Word(s) of the Day: It’s like déjà vu all over again.
Being that I am in Cannes, France right now, I thought the following phrase appropriate.
Today’s phrase “It’s like déjà vu all over again” is funny because it is a joke.
It’s a joke because the “déjà vu” part makes the “all over again” part redundant.
It’s nerdy because kids today don’t even realize it’s a joke, they think it’s the proper expression!
The phrase came to us from the famous Yankee baseball player Yogi Berra who was also famous for his “creative use” of the English language bringing us such doozies as:
- “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”
- “I didn’t really say everything I said.”
- “I made a wrong mistake.”
- “Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.”
Oh, and here is a Monty Python sketch on the phenomenon of Déjà Vu :-)
And finally a lesson I did on the term a while back.
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