X Y is X (Redundant Adjectives are Redundant) (1999)Researching

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About Redundant Adjectives which are Redundant

The meme follows a basic format that enhances redundancy.

“X Y is X” where X is an adjective that describes noun Y.

Examples include:

  • Longcat is looooong
  • Successful troll is successful
  • Old pic is old

Origin

The X Y is X redundancy formula comes from The Simpsons, Season 11, Episode 9, entitled “The Grift of the Magi” written by Tom Martin. Original airdate: December 19th, 1999.

Excerpt from script: (relevant quote marked in bold)


% Meanwhile, on the other side of the chalkboard is a small office is being
% used to spy on the class. Lindsay Naegle and Phil watch through the
% one-way chalkboard.

Lindsay: Now, that’s market research you can take to the bank – the money
bank.
Phil: I just wish those second-graders would stop jerking us around.
- “Grift of the Magi”

% Lindsay Naegle and Phil watch through another chalkboard to the class
% formerly taught by Ms. Hoover.

Ralph: Fun toys are fun!
Teacher: Well-said, Ralph, but we’re trying to come up with a name for a toy.
Janey: Mrs. Fun?
Teacher: Not bad.
Ralph: Fun?
Teacher: Ralph, there are no right or wrong answers, but if you don’t pipe
down, I’m giving you an F.

Non-Redundant variant: X Y IS Z

This variation subverts the original idea.

poster 1: Sup /b/(insert picture of an overweight person)
poster 2: Fat person is scary

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28 Comments

Watcher
Oct 29, 2009 at 10:12PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

good entry is good
it has my approval, but please expand

franco alencastro
Oct 29, 2009 at 10:13PM UTC , franco alencastro wrote:

I just noticed there is an encyclopedia dramatica article on this. it says it might have originated in The Simpsons.

franco alencastro
Oct 29, 2009 at 10:17PM UTC , franco alencastro wrote:

Oh hai watcheroflost.
I don’t know how to research properly.

Watcher
Oct 29, 2009 at 10:19PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

I don’t that well either.
I think I have seen various versions of this in other meme entries on this site. Start there.

Hector Hessy
Oct 30, 2009 at 11:43PM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

this is a meme… just needs more.

Chris Menning
Nov 02, 2009 at 09:04PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

added text from Simpsons script, removed vague speculation. Could still be improved by adding info on spread.

franco alencastro
Nov 02, 2009 at 09:58PM UTC , franco alencastro wrote:

aaah, thanks for saving the entry chris.

Chris Menning
Nov 02, 2009 at 10:05PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Sure thing.

It would be helpful to find the earliest appearences of the meme, since there was at least a 5 year gap in between the Simpsons Episode and the beginning of 4Chan.

Memedude7737
Nov 03, 2009 at 12:58AM UTC , Memedude7737 wrote:

Well, I was expecting more instances when I clicked on this article, but Obvious Potential Obvious.

FallenAngel
Nov 04, 2009 at 03:54PM UTC , FallenAngel wrote:

You say it apears in The Simpsons, a TV show, and memes born in TV, you killed it!

FallenAngel
Nov 04, 2009 at 03:57PM UTC , FallenAngel wrote:

You say it apears in The Simpsons, a TV show, and memes born on internet, you killed it!

Ben "Jammin" Proctor
Nov 04, 2009 at 06:19PM UTC , Ben "Jammin" Proctor wrote:

Origin is 4chan

franco alencastro
Nov 04, 2009 at 09:01PM UTC , franco alencastro wrote:

fallen angel, annoying double post is annoying.

Memedude7737
Nov 04, 2009 at 10:18PM UTC , Memedude7737 wrote:

Agreed annoyance agreed, franco.

Jamie Dubs
Nov 16, 2009 at 04:27AM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

+1 confirm…

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 21, 2009 at 05:49AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Confirmable article is confirmable. Showing the spread of a meme like this is irrelevant, IMO, seeing as everybody who’s even a little bit internet savvy uses it.

+1 Confirm

Comomomo
Nov 25, 2009 at 05:56PM UTC , Comomomo wrote:

17th!

Dillon Raborn
Nov 25, 2009 at 09:58PM UTC , Dillon Raborn wrote:

Examples of this meme actually happening are hard to come by because, even though it IS a meme, the consideration of using it rarely has an opportunity to do so.

PsycoCutman
Nov 26, 2009 at 06:36PM UTC , PsycoCutman wrote:

I saw this meme on The House Bunny. when Shelley was leaving the mansion, you can see on the back of her car a bumper sticker reading “Mean People are Mean”.

Rush Nerd
Nov 26, 2009 at 07:58PM UTC , Rush Nerd wrote:

hmm. There’s at least 100 more images to add to this entry.

rathany
Nov 28, 2009 at 08:04AM UTC , rathany wrote:

Could there be a link to the Japanese grammatical form “[adjective X] koto ha [ajdective X]”?

Scott Evenson
Nov 29, 2009 at 05:44AM UTC , Scott Evenson wrote:

Aw man, i had this idea too, oih well +1 Confirmed

EPIKFALE
Nov 29, 2009 at 11:08PM UTC , EPIKFALE wrote:

I always use tthis when Playing games, like camping fag is camping, bad team is bad. This is one of the most common memes i use on a common basis. Expand upon it more, though

Lanthus [Karma Proof mode activated]
Dec 03, 2009 at 04:44AM UTC , Lanthus [Karma Proof mode activated] wrote:

@ EPIKFALE
Same here. You ever went a whole day speaking in meme’s and lolspeak?
Epic day was epic.

Diego David
Dec 03, 2009 at 09:07PM UTC , Diego David wrote:

I hate this renundant meme… because is a renundant meme

Anonymous efar
Jan 27, 2010 at 10:16PM UTC , Anonymous efar wrote:

Umm… Defiant dog is well… Defiant. That’s a direct quote from this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxSXBopSRU

ownagepie24
Mar 07, 2010 at 01:33AM UTC , ownagepie24 wrote:

Obvious meme is obvious.

HollowRyo
Mar 08, 2010 at 06:00PM UTC , HollowRyo wrote:

Overused meme is overused.
’Nuff said.

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