Have you ever thought of a phrase or word used get out of control? Something that was started for the purpose of describing something else but in a more hipper way. For example, "wuzzup" is now used in place of "hello" for the younger generation. Imagine how something like that got started. All it took was one person to say it and then their friends using it and so on and so forth until someone famous beginning to use it and finally it's out there in the world.

The reason why I brought out this topic is because of a story a friend told me. While he was working one day, a kid, no older than 14, came in and continuously use the phrase "bling, bling" and incorrectly I might add. Everything he said was "bling, bling". Now for those who are unfamiliar with the term "bling, bling", it basically refers to jewelry by the sound it's suppose to make. But this person kept using the phrase incorrectly. When he entered the store his first words were "bling, bling". When he would pick up an item he would say "this is bling, bling".

Now that is an example of a phrase getting out of hand. But in order for it to get out of hand, it would have to start from somewhere. This is not very difficult. Popularizing a word can start from you and be as easy as just using it frequently. I, myself, was able to get some of my friends to say "it's all good" for a while. And all I had to do was continuously use that phrase around them for a few days. Which brings us to my experiment.

How many of you remember a phrase from the late 70s and early 80s "nanoo, nanoo"? Nanoo (Nan-nu). For those who don't know or are too young to remember, this particular phrase came from a comedy sitcom Mork and Mindy. This was the start of Robin Williams' acting career. Mork and Mindy was about an alien (Mork) sent down for Ork in a large egg to study human life. "Nanoo, nanoo" was the way he said greeted people.

I'm interested in whether or not the phrase can come back in popularity and become a common phrase used in daily life. So try it out sometime. Say "nanoo, nanoo" instead of hello. All it takes is a few emails and messages sent among friends to popularize a phrase. And maybe one day you can say that you restarted the phrase "nanoo, nanoo"