Wednesday, February 3, 2010

This blog hasn't tipped the tuna

A couple of  terms for you trendy types.

Tipped the tuna
Started peaking in popularity.
Oddly, this phrase itself tipped the tuna when used in reference to the socal networking service Twitter. A commonly cited source is this blog post by Ross Mayfield "On Wednesday, Twitter tipped the tuna."

Jump the shark
A term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity.
Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on water skis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show.

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