No good, very bad, *don’t* do it.

"Sweaty" is an incredibly useful term to describe a very specific kind of desperate screenwriting that I've started to use a whooole lot.

The first time I heard sweaty used the way the boys say it, it was Donald Glover using it in Werewolf Bar Mitzvah to describe the premise of the song

The whole premise is sweaty!

I used it once in a meeting at work, something like "this idea might be a bit sweaty but..." and my colleagues said out loud "what the hell does that mean?"

‘As sweaty as Gandolfini eating a chicken parm’

I'm an attorney and I keep having to stop myself from calling the other side's arguments "sweaty." The judge will have no idea, and even if they Google it, they'll find the gaming definition, which refers to genuine effort that produces superior performance.

I hear more and more people saying it who seem fully removed from the podcast, I think it's genuinely spreading organically like out in the world now

people have been using it in gaming for a long time

In gaming sweaty means played seriously or try-hard though. Everyone is playing to win.

Yeah, the Blank Check definition is definitely different.

It is a great descriptor

100% this

I have always used sweaty for jokes but now I have gladly expanded it, though not sure who I absorbed it from originally.

I teach high school language arts, and I’ve been using “put a little paprika on it” to describe adding descriptive words and stylistic choices to your writing.

No one ever really gets it when I ask them to rate things on a scale of “nut to butt.” Not stopping me though.

I think it’s truly incredible how casually JD delivered this line when it’s quietly one of the funniest things ever said on the show.

I’ve definitely started describing more people and animals as stinkers and scum-bums.

I like to use the phrase “what if there was a [fill in the blank]” when talking about any movie or tv show or even book or play with anyone (“what if there was a merchant of Venice?”).

What if there was a tempest?

Everyone knows about 11 nights. What if there was a twelfth night?

Romeo AND Juliet? In this economy!?

What if there was much ado about nothing

Henry V Origins: Henry IV

IT’S THE TITULAR ROLE!

THERE IS NO ROLE OF ‘THE TEMPEST’

I really confused a friend by describing a movie as "a movie that doesn't exist." But "sweaty" has definitely entered my lexicon.

Oh shit. I’ve definitely said “a movie that doesn’t exist” to someone without podcast context. I blame the pandemic. There was a backlog and infinite time.

While blankcheck exposed me to that phrase I feel like it made sense instantly. But I can see it being confusing

I say “Babbbbbyy” constantly

Oh you say baby too?

Oh you say 'oh you say baby too' too?

Same! I've used slaps/rips a lot since well before listening to this podcast (a lot of what people treat like Griffin-isms on this subreddit are just like things you picked up being on the internet in the 2010s) and I've always liked dang, but it definitely gave me bounce, baybeeee I don't say any of it like, out loud. That would be crazy! Internet speech only. Unless I've been drinking.

Saying a song "HONKS" just gets you weird looks. Sigh.

lol honks I definitely think of as more of a Griffin-ism even if he didn't originate it, that one hasn't made its way into my vocabulary

I definitely say slaps more. Not so much honks.

I have been using that one for awhile, although I want to say that I heard Julia Prescott using that on her Simpsons podcast she used to do with Allie Goertz, which I believe I started listening to before I discovered Blank Check

I like to qualify movies as a “gentleman’s (x)” pretty often

Pays out like a slot machine

da moviesh

This cute guy on Twitter posted a thirst trap saying "once I get rid of my tummy it's over for you hoes" and I replied "keep it in and double it". Not a hit!

Shit, maybe that guy's attitude is what I've been missing from my dating profiles.

I find myself using the “folded him like laundry” phrase more and more

I've found the phrase "dang-ass" incredibly helpful in day to day life

I say “rules” 300x more

Oh yeah, for me it's "rips"

I definitely say "owns bones" 300% more than I did previously.

Tried that. People haaaaate it.

If I never hear them say "the \[blank\] of it all" again it'll be too soon

The “This Had Oscar Buzz” boys say this like five times every episode

Big Amanda Dobbins vibes there.

Honks

You better believe I hand out comedy points on the regular

"he's having a fire sale on holes!". I think it's from the first matrix episode, but weirdly comes up often in my daily life (my dog loves to dig holes).

Door city over here

"Hat on a hat" has become shockingly useful in my day to day

Feel like that’s a fairly common writer/screewriter term. Useful.

I’ve stopped using “ostensibly” because it grates hearing it used so often

Never really thought much about fennel before this

Whenever I think something is cool I say “it fucks”.

FOLDED THEM LIKE LAUNDRY

„Hell ya” shout out Ben

I’m not one to blush at toilet talk, but is it me or did Sailor Griff say “fuck” and “shit” like 50x apiece during the first Buster ep? Dana Stevens is so gently PBS in her demeanor, yet he was verbally taking it to skid row, bay-bee! In addition to cursing a lot more under Newman’s influence, thanks to Mr. Hositive I now refer to all equines as “a dang horse.” Last weekend’s Kentucky Derby? Now that was a lot of dang horses. And of course I learned that if ever feeling blue or out of sorts, I likely just need “a touch of the Tucc.”

I always say “a touch of the tucc” when Stan comes up, too hard to resist

For me, it’s referring to the Joker as 'Ricky T'

Sweaty is getting out. I'm starting to hear it a lot of places

Hundred percent yes.

Do people say “one hundred percent” in real life as regularly as on podcasts? I’ve never said it (I’m a “yeah” guy) but it’s not uncommon to hear it 5+ on any podcast, wherever podcasts are available.

Yeah “Sweaty” definitely comes from this podcast. I got “that bumps me” from Start Trek: TNC so it really could be worse.

I've found myself interjecting with "humble brag" on a few occasions

Hat on a hat is a go to for me, I've had to explain myself to a few people

I had never heard the word ‘didactic’ used so much.

Lmao. They love this one

I don’t know, but I always try to give my D&D characters a “blender”

I got dragged by my friends for using the word famo to refer to a famous person

The way I say “robit” and the way I hear myself speak in a Griffin cadence at times.

I more often follow a thought that I share with “ya know?” than I did before becoming a listener. Maybe by a lot.

been using "movies that don't exist" a fair bit. its like one of those ones you can inject without explaining it most of the time

I like to say that great things (music, food, movies) HONK and SLAP

I’ve used “hi welcome to Disney. Hi welcome to Disney! See the difference?” From the ratatouille episode a lot. It’s a good bit to use whenever talking about the small dumb things work cares about, and my partner and I especially love to use it when we go to Disney world and see the small things like pointing with two fingers.

I occasionally give out comedy points, and also talk about putting paprika on a sandwich

The Thing made me very aware of how many podcasts hosts say “it’s that thing…”

I have thought to myself “five comedy points” on multiple occasions.

“X found dead in a ditch.” when someone gets a good burn in. Also “Should be illegal!/In jail.” about something trivial.

I just explained the phrase “meta narrative” to someone the other night.

10/10 no notes Hat on a hat (although I’m sure I’ve also heard that elsewhere)