Burns: A non-profit organization with oil I won't allow it! An oil well doesn't belong in the hands of some Betsy Bleedingheart or Maynard G. Whereas "B-musement" suggests the park is second rate and explains his strong spoken emphasis of the letter "b", "bemusement" suggests the attendees simply fail to understand the religious park's message.Ī person or organisation who tries to get sympathy with the public. The phrase might also be intended as a play on letter grading from A-musement to B-musement. Homer: Don't say that, Ned! Ned: It is! It's a be-musement park! Ned: Oh, Maude, I've turned your dream of a Christian amusement park into a be-musement park. Coined by Ned Flanders in " I'm Goin' to Praiseland". When Brandine saw Selma holding the baby, she hollered, "Give me back my belly-fruit!"Ī mispronunciation of "embarrassed" spoken by Ralph Wiggum in " Smart and Smarter".Īn amusement park that bemuses instead of amuses. Cletus put the newest Spuckler baby up for adoption, but it turned out he had misunderstood Brandine so they returned to the adoption agency to reclaim the baby. Used in " The Wettest Stories Ever Told", when Ned Flanders is knocked unconscious by Homer's bowling ball from the roof.Ī term used by Brandine Spuckler for "baby", in " Goo Goo Gai Pan". beginulate!" Beheadbumped īumped on the head. Its use appears in the " Treehouse of Horror XV" short In the Belly of the Boss:įrink: "Let the commencement. Used by Professor John Frink as part of his pseudo-scientific jargon, merely as a more complicated verb form of "begin". Episode: " Midnight Towboy".Ĭounsellor: "Now her childhood can beginualize." Beginulate method of baby independence when Maggie becomes too clingy. John (voiced by guest star John Waters) mentions the name in the episode " Homer's Phobia".Ī mixture of "actualize" and "begin", used by a counsellor teaching Marge and Maggie the C.R.I.E. In Japan he is supposedly thought to live on the Moon. The fictitious translation of Santa Claus's supposed name in Japanese. There is an antidote that can be taken as an injection. It causes anyone who drinks alcohol to develop a severe headache, sweat abundantly, break out in horns all over the body, and finally throw up. Anti-booze Ī serum featured in " The Last Barfighter". Homer: Florida?! But that's America's Wang! Psychiatrist: They prefer "The Sunshine State". Homer: Why should we leave America to visit America Junior? America's Wang Ī term coined by Homer in reference to Florida's shape, compared to the rest of the United States, resembling a penis. America Junior Ī term for Canada coined by Homer in " The Bart Wants What It Wants". Marge: I don't want to alarm anyone, but there's a little al-key-hol in this punch. Marge's pronunciation of "alcohol" in " There's No Disgrace Like Home" and " The War of the Simpsons". Burns using it to answer the phone is really a joke about his advanced age. It was originally suggested by Alexander Graham Bell as the greeting to be used when answering his new invention, the telephone. In " Much Apu About Nothing", Kearney believes that his fake "Charles Norwood" ID will verify this for him, thus allowing him to buy beer and cheap cigars: "Here's my ID, which confirms my adultivity." The state or condition of being an adult. Foster asks a younger Ned Flanders if he feels angry, to which the younger Ned replies uncertainly, "Absotively notarino". Possibly a variation on the spoonerized phrase "absotively posilutely". "Absotively" is a portmanteau of "absolutely" and "positively". Letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪ jokey way of saying "definitely not".
This does not include names of characters, locations, or products. The following is presented, then, as a glossary of words or phrases invented by the show which one or more characters use in regular speech, as though intended as real terms. For those that have found their way into regular use, the route passes through the considerable fan-base where use of these words carries the prestige of pop-culture literacy among those who catch the references, just as among other cultural groups a clever parallel to a well-known phrase from the literary or rhetorical canon would be acknowledged.
The most famous example is Homer Simpson's signature annoyed grunt, " D'oh!".įew of the following made-up words would qualify as neologisms from a strict lexicological perspective due to their extremely limited uses outside of the show. The Simpsons has used and coined many neologisms for humorous effect, many of which are only used once.
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