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4 - The number of episodes of the shortest season of Seinfeld, namely Season 1, if you don't include 1:1 Good News, Bad News (The Seinfeld Chronicles Pilot) episode, as part of Season 1.
5 - The number of episodes of the shortest season of Seinfeld, namely Season 1, if you include 1:1 Good News, Bad News (The Seinfeld Chronicles Pilot) as part of Season 1.
9 - The number of seasons of Seinfeld.
23 - The number of episodes of the longest season of Seinfeld, namely Season 6, if you count every 2 part episode as 1 episode.
24 - The number of episodes of the longest seasons of Seinfeld, namely Seasons 4, 6, 7, and 9, if you count 2 part episodes as 2 separate episodes, including 9:21 The Clip Show Part 1 & 9:22 The Clip Show Part 2.
171 - The number of episodes of Seinfeld, counting every 2 part episode as 1 episode.
179 - The number of episodes of Seinfeld, counting every 2 part episode as 2 separate episodes, except 9:21 The Clip Show Part 1 & 9:22 The Clip Show Part 2, as Kathleen Tracy does.
180 - The number of episodes of Seinfeld, counting every 2 part episode as 2 separate episodes, including 9:21 The Clip Show Part 1 & 9:22 The Clip Show Part 2.
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Adam Somer - My (Jared Somer) brother and brother to our sister, Tiffany Somer, and co-creator of this web site. This mammoth of a man has brought many joyous moments to this web site with his brilliant wit and cunning mind. His additions to the episode commentary, with such greats as "Great ep.." and "A good job had by all", are some of the best in the business. He keeps it concise to say the least. Without Adam, the Siyum would not exist, as it takes both of us to polish off an episode before continuing on. He is one of the greatest chavrusahs I've ever had, and the only one I would have a Siyum HaSeinfeld with. As for his particulars, I'd say that he has red hair, blue eyes, likes walking on the beach on cool summer nights, OK, scratch that last one. He hates the summer, loves the winter, loves the Mets and the Islanders.
Af Al Pi - A Hebrew phrase meaning "even though". Commonly used as the acronym: AAP.
All 4 Together - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This stat is only recorded when we see all 4 main characters (Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer) sitting together in Monk's.
AKA - An acronym that stands for Also Known As.
Ander - Nickname for Josh Androphy, a friend of mine who, like Eric Bienenfeld, keeps a watchful eye on this site for any necessary corrections.
Avi - An uncle of mine. Can be found in the statistic George as Avi.
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Bearded Blackie - First off, as racist as this term sounds, I am not a racist, and it is not meant to be racist. We just have no idea who this guy is, what his name is, etc., b/c he's never in the credits, but he has appeared in 2 episodes so far this time around. Stay tuned for an update on how many episodes he's in. He is a black guy with a beard. Nothing more, nothing less.
Bonkos - What Kramer is, according to Regis Philbin.
Bottom Building - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This stat is only recorded when we see the bottom of Jerry's building, namely the awning.
Bruchie - My wife, who means more to me than anyone or anything in the world. She is the most beautiful, thoughtful, caring, brilliant, and loving person that I have ever met. I love her more than words can describe. She is my ezer kinegdo, and every day since we married has been better than the last.
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CCB - AKA Closing Comedy Bit, this is Jerry's standup comedy that he performs at the beginning of most eps.
Celebrities (*Real) - The point of this section is to show each and every celebrity that appeared in Seinfeld. Now, normally a celebrity is someone who is famous, but on this list it's anyone who appears as themself. This includes actual celebrities, such as Jon Voight and Bette Midler, but also people you've probably never heard of, like Steve Koren and Dave Mandel. The asterisk (in case you didn't know, that's what the "*" is called), or Shift-8, as I like to call it (as someone yells "Computer geek!"), is only placed before a name if the actual person appeared in the episode. A person's name will appear on this page without an asterisk if they met, talked to, or interacted with in some way, one of the characters on the show, such as Kramer meeting Reggie Miller and Spike Lee at the Knicks game.
Closing Comedy Bit - AKA CCB.
Cosmo - Kramer's first name.
Crazy Look - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Jerry page, where it has occurred 11 times and in the Stats-> Character Specific-> George page where it has occurred 3 times. This stat is only recorded when we see Jerry or George giving this expression that they think whoever or whatever just happened is absolutely insane or strange.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - See CYE.
Cut Off Cursing - Located in the Stats-> Character Specific->Misc. Lines page, this stat is a numbered stat that has occured 10 times, and that gets recorded every time someone is about to curse, but they get interrupted or cut off, by another character or noise.
CYE - Stands for Curb Your Enthusiasm. This television show was created by LD for HBO. The initial concept was a mockumentary that aired on HBO in 1999. The point of it was to follow Larry around everywhere he went and film it, up until and including the comedy special he was going to perform for HBO. He ends up getting out of that committment by using the excuse that his step-father is in a coma, even though he doesn't even have a step-father. This has a part to play in a Curb ep. entitled 2:4 The Shrimp Incident. The special was so hilarious and original that HBO asked Larry to make it into a series, which he did. The following year, 10 episodes were created for Season 1 of CYE. It came back for a second and third seasons, and the fourth season just ended. The show is hilarious, second only to Seinfeld of course. The show has many Seinfeld regulars, such as Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, to non-regulars, such as those found in the Stats->Real Life->Curb Your Enthusiasm Actors page. The main stars are Larry David as Himself, Jeff Garlin as his manager, Jeff Greene, and Cheryl Hines as Larry's wife. There are tons of celebrities in the series, who appear as themselves, such as LD's obsession of Ted Danson, as well as Martin Short, Wanda Sykes, Jerry's good real-life friend, Paul Reiser, Rob Reiner, (who happens to be one of the head honchos at Castle Rock, who produced Seinfeld) and Larry's real-life best friend, Richard Lewis AKA Richie Boy. In each episode, Larry tries to just get through the day without trying to piss anyone off, but ends up getting screwed in the end, usually by a major linkage of stuff that has happened within the episode, and during a season-ender, throughout the season. For more, go to the HBO site.
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Daryn - Can be found in the statistic of Kramer as Daryn. A cousin of mine who is also a big Seinfeld fan.
Dates/Boyfriends/Girlfriends - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> All 4 Dates page or each of their individual pages in that section. This statistic is kept as a numbered statistic and a text statistic for Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer. Each of these 4 main characters have dated many men and women, but a date only counts as a date when they go out on a date or we are told they are dating. There are dates with no names, dates offscreen, and simply friendships, but a date is a date when there is kissing, going out to a movie, dinner, etc. We also write down if they broke up and who broke up with whom and why. We must actually know who broke up with who, otherwise that part of the stat will not get recorded. One can date someone over multiple episodes as well as multiple times in one episode, as long as they break up each time (Elaine and Puddy). Jerry had 69 dates, George had 60 (and would have had more, but was dating Susan throughout Season 7, which is where Jerry caught up), Elaine had 57, and Kramer only had 26.
David Goldberg - A cousin of mine, who is also a Seinfeld fan. He says some funny stuff sometimes, that I had to give him credit for these phrases, which are found on certain pages on the site.
David Warshaw - Brother of Mike Warshaw and the man who made this all possible. One day, this mammoth of a man went on a little web site that would one day change the face of the earth and history as we know it. He also is a Spider-Man freak, yet doesn't know how to spell Spider-Man, loves to break dance, and lose at basketball to the Somer boys.
Ddddddd Blank - Kramer says this 3 times throughout Seinfeld. "Ddddddd Kibosh" in 4:9 The Opera as well as saying "Ddddddd Catfight" twice in 8:22 The Summer of George. He says this phrase when he doesn't know what to say about the subject at hand. He's so awe stricken that his usual brilliant vocabulary disappears and instead, all that is found in its stead is a Ddddddd Blank.
DVDs - See Seinfeld DVDs.
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Eating Cereal - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Jerry page. This stat is only recorded when we see Jerry actually eating cereal.
Elaine Funny Laugh - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Elaine page. She has laughed in this funny manner 24 times so far, but she may do some more during the last 3 seasons, so stay tuned for an update to this stat. This event occurs when Elaine laughs with a "ha ha ha", not just a regular "ha".
Elevator Shot - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This stat is only recorded when we see anyone in an elevator.
Eric Bienenfeld - The man who checks the site constantly and makes sure that things are correct. This mammoth of a man is a master of trivia. He is also a consumate baseball (with a focus on the Mets) fan and historian, as well as a Saturday Night Live freak. He basically owns NYU, especially the Jewish community there. His corrections can be found all over the site, and he is a great asset to this site.
Ep. - Shorthand for episode, the singular version of eps. Sometimes there is a period, sometimes without a period.
Eps. - Shorthand for episodes, the plural version of ep. Sometimes there is a period, sometimes without a period.
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Feeding - Whenever someone feeds someone else. The person eggs on, or keeps repeating what the other person said in order to get them riled up by agreeing with them. This numbered stat has occurred 9 times to Jerry, 2 times to George, and 1 time for Kramer. All of these stats are temporary though, as we are not complete this time around. Stay tuned.
Firenze - A centaur from Harry Potter, who was banished by the rest of his species. This of course, has nothing to do with Seinfeld, but I like the sound of his name.
Food Fridge - This numbered stat for Kramer has happened 19 times (plus 1 time Jerry did it, when he was Kramer, in 8:8 The Chicken Roaster, plus 1 time that Kramer did it, but he was in Florida, in 9:15 The Wizard). This event occurs whenever Kramer takes food out of Jerry's refridgerator. We actually need to see him take it out. This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Kramer page.
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Gerri - Apparently, Jerry sometimes spells his name in this fashion.
George as Avi - When George turns into my uncle Avi. This occurs 10 times: Some are during specific lines, while others are facial movements.
Glasses (Taking them off and on) - This stat occurs whenever George removes his glasses and puts them back on. Both events need to occur. We can't just see him take the glasses off, we also need to see him put it back on, or at least that they're back on during that scene. The stat has occurred 28 times and 1 time when Jerry did it in 7:10 The Gum. The stat can be found in the Stats-> Character Specific-> George page.
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Hebrew - A semitic language used by Israelis, Jews, angels, and G-d.
Hello Newman/Jerry - This word can be followed by the word "Newman" said by Jerry or the word "Jerry" said by Newman. They both say it in a long, hateful manner, and was also said by Mrs. Seinfeld to Newman in 5:19 The Raincoats Part 2. Besides that, Newman and Jerry also said Goodnight to each other in this manner in 9:17 The Bookstore. Besides these exceptions, Newman and Jerry have said it to each other 21 times.
House of Peterman - The building that houses the offices of the J. Peterman Catalog, where Elaine works from the last episode of the Sixth Season to the very last episode of the Ninth. This nickname for the building was taken from the lips of Peterman himself, when in 8:15 The Susie, he calls it as such.
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Indigo - The sixth color of the rainbow and is what the "I" stands for in ROYGBIV. Once again, this has nothing to do with Seinfeld. I just like the sound of it.
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Jared Jerome - AKA JJ, This mammoth of a man has added his two cents to a few of the episode commentaries by the very nature of his being here while we finished up an ep. His hilarious antics helped fuel the old version of this web site. A consumate sports nut, he also excels in Seinfeld trivia and knowledge and is a welcome addition to this site and its commentaries.
Jared Somer - Hey, that's me! Oh. OK. Well, I do 99.9 percent of the work on this web site and I somehow still have time for other things in life, such as spending nearly every moment with my beautiful wife, Bruchie, doing daf yomi in addition to other learning, movies, TV, learning, eating, drinking, sleeping, learning, video games, law school, watching and documenting the actual Seinfeld eps., playing basketball, and learning to play the piano, amongst other things, such as learning. For more about me, check out my AIM subprofile.
Jerry Baiting - When Jerry continously innocently asks questions, just to come out yelling in the end. Sometimes he does it b/c he's angry, while other times he does it just to annoy the other person by withholding information that he has and the other person desperately wants to know. This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Jerry page and has occured 7 times.
JGEK - AKA The Gang. Stands for Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
JJ - Signifies the personage of Jared Jerome.
Josh Androphy - AKA Ander, this friend of mine is a big Seinfeld, New York Mets, and New York Jets fan. He was my roommate at NYU, and is currently attending Columbia Law School. He keeps tabs on this site, checking for errors and adding pointers and helpful tips along the way.
JS - Stands for Jerry Seinfeld ( as well as Jared Somer, or simply, ME! Hey, same initials, how do you like that? I like it.), co-creator, producer, co-writer, and star of the self-titled television show Seinfeld. Eventually he will have his own page on this site. This man is also known throughout the site as Yerry, Jer, Jugdish, and Steinfeld.
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K-Man - Nickname for Kramer. Throughout this site he is known as the K-Man, K Man, and oddly also as Kramer.
Kibosh - Crazy Joe Divola puts this on people he dislikes. It can be used as a noun, a verb, or a Ddddddd Blank.
Kidai - Hebrew phrase meaning "in order to".
Kramer as Daryn - When Kramer turns into my cousin Daryn. This occurs three times: Once he simply looks like my cousin Daryn while doing a crazy face, while the other two times, he sounds exactly like him.
K Space Uger's House of Love - Nickname for the building that houses the offices of Kruger Industrial Smoothing, where George works in Season 9. The name was fused together from two different sources. The first, namely the "K Space Uger" is from 9:16 The Burning, when Mr. Kruger is not doing any work and George must do everything. George tells Mr. Kruger that the "R" has fallen off, so it's now "K Uger", or to put it another way, "K Space Uger". Then, the latter half of the phrase comes from Marty Tabaksblat, who invented the phrase "House of Love", when he would answer his cell phone as "Marty's House of Love, Marty speaking".
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Lauren Bowles - This beautiful blonde is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' half sister. She has appeared in 7 episodes, and since we love her so, we count how many times she simply appears in an episode (14 total), instead of one time per episode, like other characters. She has appeared in such diverse roles in Seinfeld such as Waitress and no one could forget her terrific role of Waitress #1.
LC - Stands for Larry Charles, producer and writer/co-writer of 18 episodes of Seinfeld during the first 5 Seasons of Seinfeld. Eventually, he will have his own page on this site.
LD - Stands for Larry David, co-creator, producer, and writer of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Eventually, he will have his own page on this site.
Lifee - No, I did not spell the word "life" incorrectly. It is a Hebrew word that means "according to".
Locations - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This crazy page of information was mostly collected during the Second Siyum, but also a few were either added or updated in the 3rd one. Each entry represents a shot of that particular location, such as Yankee Stadium or the Costanza House. If there is an outside shot of a location followed up by an inside shot of that location, it is counted only as one, except in Tom's Restaurant, where there is a separate tally of Inside shots and Outside shots.
Look Out Window - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This stat is only recorded when someone looks out the window in Jerry's apartment.
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Marty Tabaksblat - Good friend of mine who is also a Seinfeld fanatic. As of now, getting another degree in Biomedical Engineering or something like that. Invented the phrase "House of Love", when he would answer his cell phone as "Marty's House of Love, Marty speaking". This helped fuel part of the phrase K Space Uger's House of Love.
MCB - AKA Middle Comedy Bit, this is Jerry's standup comedy that he performs in the middle of the episodes from the first couple of seasons.
Mike Warshaw - Brother of David Warshaw, and one hell of a DJ. This mammoth of a man is a lover of cars, cell phones, techno, and calling me Birdy. This guy loves talking smack about Seinfeld and Back to the Future, when he has nothing to back it up, but he's a good man.
Mr. Kramer - This numbered stat for Morty Seinfeld has happened 2 times so far, but may occur again during the last 3 seasons. Stay tuned for an update. This event occurs whenever Morty says the words: "Mr. Kramer". Not that complex, but we like it. This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Misc. Lines page.
Monk's - The coffee shop where JGEK hang out, eat, and talk amongst themselves. In real life, this place is called Tom's Restaurant.
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Nancy Taylor - A character in the Top 50 movie, Groundhog Day who has sex with Bill Murray's character, Phil Connors, after one date. Her real name is Marita Geraghty and she played Margaret, Jerry's girlfriend, who once dated Newman, in 6:2 The Big Salad.
NB - AKA The Big Fella AKA Norman Brenner. This guy is in a bunch of episodes, often standing or sitting in the back of a scene. He occasionally will have a line of dialogue and sometimes his name will show up in the credits, but most times, not.
Newman Soliloquy - Newman does this 10 times throughout Seinfeld. This specific circumstance occurs whenever Newman starts going into a rampage on something until someone, usually Kramer, but it can be anyone, must stop him from continuing his rant. It is probably the funniest thing that Newman does.
Norman Brenner - AKA The Big Fella AKA NB.
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OCB - AKA Opening Comedy Bit, this is Jerry's standup comedy that he performs at the beginning of most eps.
Ockham's Razor - A scientific theory that all things considered, one must go with the most simple choice. To my mind, the opposite of Sherlock Holmes' belief. Obviously, nothing to do with Seinfeld, just sounds cool.
Opening Big Mouth - This numbered stat for Kramer has happened 15 times. This event occurs whenever Kramer "opens his big mouth" by saying something he shouldn't, usually ruining whatever scheme is being cooked up, or hurting someone's feelings. This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Kramer page.
Opening Comedy Bit - AKA OCB.
Outside Apt. - Located (no pun intended) in the Stats->Locations page. This stat is only recorded when we see the outside of Jerry's apartment.
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Perents - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> George page and has happened 30 times, plus 1 time when he said grandperents in 1:3 The Robbery. This stat is recorded every time George says PErents, not PArents. Sometimes we need to listen to him say it a few times until we are sure if he said parent or perent.
Pete Papa - Nickname for the keygrip throughout Seinfeld starting with 2:1 The Ex-Girlfriend.
Pop In - This numbered stat for Kramer has happened 287 times (plus 1 time Jerry did it, when he was Kramer, in 8:8 The Chicken Roaster, plus 1 time Darin did it for Kramer in 9:2 The Voice, plus 2 times that Kramer did it, but he was in Florida, in 9:15 The Wizard). This event occurs whenever Kramer does not knock on Jerry's door, but pops in. We actually need to see him pop in, we can't just assume that he popped in if he is already in Jerry's place when we see him. This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> Kramer page. It can be written as popin, pop in, or pop-in.
Prickly Pete - One of George's imaginary horses, the other being Snoopy.
Proctor and Gamble - My nickname for Tom Gammill and Max Pross, 2 guys who always write together, and always write hilarious episodes of Seinfeld.
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Q Words in Harry Potter - Quaffle, Quidditch, Quibbler. Do I have to keep mentioning that this has nothing to do with Seinfeld. I just like the way they sound.
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Ravioli - The pasta that Ravioli George is made out of.
Ruthie - This is one of many nicknames of Ruthie Cohen, who plays herself in Seinfeld. She is known throughout this site as Ruthie Honey, Ruthie C, Ruthie, RC, and RC Cola. She has been in 87 episodes, making her the #1 Peripheral Character. In case you haven't figured out who she is or didn't want to click on the link to her page, she's the cashier at Monk's.
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Seinfeld DVDs - The original Seinfeld eps. had some limitations, such as the quality of the eps., as they were highly compressed into Divx format, so that they could fit on 15 CDs. The other problem is that they could only be viewed on the computer. After receiving my copy, I decided to hook my video out to my VCR, thereby transferring the eps. onto VHS. Although this allowed for TV viewing, the quality was even worse, and no amount of TV repair was going to fix that issue. However, the Siyum could begin, and it did. Toward the end of the 2nd Siyum, I bought a DVD burner and burned the actual Divx files, after uncompressing and then recompressing them as MPEG-2, DVD files. The result was magic. Superior quality to the VHS tapes, but still TV viewable, and with chapter points, making it easier to get to the ep. and scene one wished to see. I of course made copies for my friends and we continued into the 3rd Siyum with a greater clarity, thus making it much easier to spot Norman Brenner than in the previous Siyum.
Shas - A Hebrew acronym for Shisha Sidrei, which means "The Order of Six", which signifies the Six Orders of the Mishna, part of the Oral Torah.
Siyum - A Hebrew word, meaning "finish". It is used in the phrase Siyum HaShas and Siyum HaSeinfeld.
Siyum HaSeinfeld - A concoction of mine, that signifies the completion of the 9 seasons of Seinfeld.
Siyum HaShas - A Hebrew phrase that is used to signify the completion of learning all six orders of the Mishna.
Snoopy - The dog in the cartoon Peanuts but also, pertaining to Seinfeld, one of George's imaginary horses, the other being Prickly Pete.
Sweethart - This stat is located in the Stats-> Character Specific-> George page and has happened 7 times. We know how to spell the word heart, but since he says it with an ahhh to it, it becomes sweethart.
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Tells - Located in the Stats->Misc. Everything page. This stat is only recorded when we are told that something is a "tell". It signifies something.
The Big Fella - AKA NB AKA Norman Brenner.
The Gang - AKA JGEK. One of the nicknames for Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
Things We Have No Clue About - Located in the Stats-> Misc-> No Clue About page. This stat records reference to something that we don't understand or "have no clue about". It only counts if we don't know it at the time of the comment being made. It does not get removed when we find out what the comment was referring to.
Tiffany Somer - Also known as Tiff, this sister of ours (Jared Somer and Adam Somer) is a lovely young lassie. Although she enjoys Seinfeld, she does not enjoy it to the extent that we men do, so she doesn't include herself in the Siyums and does not add anything to this site.
Tom's Restaurant - The real life location of Monk's, where JGEK eat and discuss things.
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Unions - For some reason, George doesn't like them, and because of this dislikiness (not a word), he refuses to take a job where a union is present.
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Van Wyck - Expressway located in Queens that runs North/South. It connects the Long Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, and Belt Parkway together. It's like the Wiz, because according to Elaine, nobody's beaten it. I have though. Many times. I guess that's how the Wiz went out of business. It simply didn't beat everybody.
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WDW - An acronym for Walt Disney World. The greatest place on earth. PERIOD.
Warsh - AKA Warshaw AKA David Warshaw.
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Xians - Since Christmas is sometimes written as Xmas, I write Christians as Xians.
Xmas - For some reason, people don't write Christmas, but Xmas instead. The word Christ comes from the Latin Cristos, meaning "annointed one" or Messiah in Hebrew. The Christians believe that Jesus was and is the Messiah. What's the problem with saying Christ or Christmas?
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Yokay - Originally invented by Mike Warshaw, this word has become a staple in our lives. The word is used when one would normally say OK, but is only used in situations where it is absolutely necessary. The word reached its peak popularity a few years ago and has come into disuse, lo these many years, to borrow a phrase from Kramer.
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Zelda - As in The Legend of Zelda. Greatest video game series of all time. Just had to share that with you.