I worked hard at imitating the Leonard Nimoy Spock’s raised eyebrow for quite a while. I don’t regret the time spent practicing that in front of a mirror. I never mastered a fully raised eyebrow, but I can do a slight eyebrow raise.
Whenever someone is being greedy or acting a fool, I say, “hoo-man,” in a bad Ferengi accent.
Jean-Luc Picard’s “make it so” is a go to phrase for me.
My first sip of coffee for the day is always my Janeway moment.
When someone says something far fetched, I say “really.” I think I’m channeling Benjamin Sisko. No one else sees it that way.
I say “p’takh” a bit too often. Not to anyone who understands Klingon. Not yet, anyway.
Any Star Trek mannerism or phrase you’ve incorporated into your life?
When most people would use a sort of praying gesture (in contexts such as “Come on , score!”) I for some reason use the Ferengi equivalent instead.
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Spock’s Live Long and Prosper. ’
Fascinating
Indeed.
The Picard Manuever.
I should buy longer shirts.
“He’s dead Jim”
In my best Janeway voice: “DEW IT.”
Takes a bit of context…
I used to LARP.
At the game I played, I became leader of one of the five Baronies of our in-game nation.
We would have barony meetings on the regular…
…at which I used to have to struggle not to give the order to “make it so.”It’s just… so perfect a turn of phrase it’s hard not to use. But memeing in-game is bad.
“Make it so” works so well, in so many situations. I hear what you’re saying about not using it in that situation, though.
“He’s dead, Jim.”
I work in tech and say that a lot. It would hit different in medicine.
A classic!
I have said “belay that order” to my google assistant so many times and they still haven’t figured it out.
I tend to do the Spock eyebrow raise quite a bit without thinking about it, to the point that people I know will ask if it’s on purpose.
I also will use “fascinating” and I tend to insert logical or illogical into sentences.
Worf’s “It is not funny, but I get it” is something I throw in as well.
If I’m in “Star Trek Mode” I’ll use various Klingon phrases, along with the Vulcan salute as greeting. My wife and I will at times text in Klingon. There’s other stuff as well, but not as common!
I similarly do the Spock eyebrow a lot without realising it.
I also used to do the Data head tilt, again without realising I was copying Data, until someone pointed it out to me. They didn’t actually know it was a Star Trek thing but as soon as they pointed it out I realised I was subconsciously copying one of my favourite characters.
That’s great! I didn’t realize how common my eyebrow raise was until someone asked if I was copying Spock. My wife is still convinced I practice and do it on purpose though.
I’ll use various Klingon phrases
Qu’vatlh qhuy’cha’ baQa’!
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I confess that some of my emails about the project status sent to my manager was just entitled “Status Report”.
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When I drive and the missus is in the passenger seat and I have to break harder than usual because an idiot in front of me, I sometimes yell “Brace for impact!”
My missus would be VERY put out if I yelled that in the car…
I say “Fascinating.” a bit too often.
A fair bit of “Oh my!” al a Sulu too
Besides that, “shut up Wesley” is a common retort in our house hold.
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I hate Wesley Crusher.
I impersonate Picard and trash talk Wesley all the time to my wife.
Oh my gosh, yes. “Oh my” is great. I’m laughing at the thought of using “fascinating” as shorthand for, “Whatever, I long since stop listening, but I’m too polite to ask you to stop talking.”
yeah i drop the occasional ‘fascinating’ too
Everybody remember where we parked
Every time I hear that phrase I think of whale songs.
I must confess that I don’t get the reference. Where was this from?
It’s from the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
Ah thanks.
