Slang Files · 🙄 Dismissals & burns
G33Z3R Slang Files · 1995–1999
As if!
🗳️ Did you say it?
Be one of the first to weigh in. No account needed.
Amy Heckerling built Clueless out of real Beverly Hills teen slang, and as if was the line that traveled. Two words, a hand up, and the argument was over.
Younger Gen X said it in high school; older Gen X said it about younger Gen X. It's now the one line everyone quotes from the movie.
Sources: Wiktionary — As if! · Wikipedia — Clueless (film)
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of As if!.
Dismissals & burns · 1991–1994
Means: The opposite of what I just said
Dismissals & burns · 1996–1999
Means: I'm not listening; usually with a palm up
Dismissals & burns · 1992–1999
Means: I don't care, and I'm done talking about it
Dismissals & burns · 1982–1994
Means: Fake, unfair, or just bad
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