Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"?

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Zonie63 -> Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/27/2015 9:34:16 PM)
I don't know if I've missed something or what, but I've noticed this phrase come up a lot lately: "Is that a thing?" I'm assuming that, by "thing," it's not referring to a parasitic extraterrestrial lifeform that assimilates other organisms and in turn imitates them. And it probably doesn't refer to the helping hand in a box on "The Addams Family."

sexyred1 -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/27/2015 10:47:30 PM)
I agree. It's the latest in stupid verbal quips.

FelineRanger -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 5:34:53 AM)
That particular phrase has been in use for some considerable time. I pretty certain I first encountered it in, of all things, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and have heard people using it ever since. My assumption has always been that the phrase was in regional use and popularized by the show.

Kaliko -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 6:08:25 AM)
Also popular now: "Yeah, so that happened." Really. It's a thing.

ResidentSadist -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 6:46:37 AM)
If from The Thing from 1982 can be remade as The Thing in 2011, I guess the thing can be a thing in 2015. [image]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1OTIzMjUxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTUwNzMxMDE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg[/image] [image]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxMjI0MzUyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjc1NzE5NQ@@._V1_SY317_CR0,0,214,317_AL_.jpg[/image] Speaking of the thing, I remember when the thing looked like this in 1961 [image]http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/thing00.jpg[/image] not like this [image]http://mutantville.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/the-thing-1982.jpg[/image]

shiftyw -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 7:21:17 AM)
I can't even... [:D]

Zonie63 -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 8:41:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ResidentSadist Speaking of the thing, I remember when the thing looked like this in 1961 [image]http://www.addamsfamily.com/addams/thing00.jpg[/image] not like this [image]http://mutantville.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/the-thing-1982.jpg[/image] Things are tough all over.

MercTech -> RE: Since when did "being a thing" become "a thing"? (6/28/2015 11:09:01 AM)
"It's a real thing. Snopes shows it is" is the original way I heard that used and the last couple of years "it's a thing" meaning it can be verified as part of this reality instead of fictional Hollywood reality. I hear more use of "It's not a thing" actually. Like terrorists making a nuclear power plant into an atomic bomb is NOT a thing.

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