Today I was writing a reply to an email where we were discussing how a process would be completed.  After we had come to a common ground this statement ran though my head,  “So let it be written, So let it be done” which was immediately followed by “Make it so” it actually took me several tries to come up with a response that didn’t require knowing the reference.

So, I thought, “How often to I talk in stolen verbiage?”, and how often does the other person not know what I am saying because they don’t get the reference.  Now imagine that you don’t speak English or didn’t grow up with much exposure to popular culture.  I have put together a little list of phrases I use (or used) and the source, “do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?”

“Make it so” – Jean-Luc Picard
”So let it be written. So let it be done.” – Pharaoh Rameses II
”Git’r Done” – Larry the Cable Guy
”FUBAR” – US military.
”SNAFU” – US military. I think my dad used this one.
”I feel the need… the need for speed” – ‘Maverick’ and ‘Goose’
”Watchin’ NASCAR n’ drinkin’ beer” – Bubba J.
”Say hello to my little friend” – ‘Scarface’ Tony Montana 
“Buffer Overflow” – Computer term.
”Buffer Underrun” – Computer term.

How often do you use jargon, literary, or pop-culture phrases that other people might not understand?

What common phases have I missed?