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This has yet to prove itself a meme rather than a buzzphrase. Retitle it. Merge it with something larger. --Wetman 01:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I disagree - The phrase "welcome our new overlords" returns over 16,000 google hits. I would suggest that's grounds for being considered a pretty succesful meme. Although I have no idea what your definition for a buzzphrase is and how that differs from a meme. Maybe you can write an article. 81.86.105.221 11:01, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

16000 hits on a Google search is big, but really not that big. Just going from the Simpsons, "Me fail english? that's unpossible!" got 27,700 google hits. Yet put it in Wiki and you get redirected to Ralph Wiggum. Maybe this would better fit under Kent Brockman.--T. Anthony 02:09, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Searching for "welcome our new overlords" is not quite fair since the template parameter X is missing; here's what I get on google:

"I for one welcome our new" overlords     82,300
"I for one welcome our new" masters       21,000
"Me fail english? that's unpossible!"     30,500

Pretzelpaws 21:51, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

"Buzzword" or "catch phrase," not "meme." The former two have the advantage of specificity, whereas "meme" can just as easily apply to, say, a tune. Actually, I don't understand at all why that term is so commonly used, as it's not often that you couldn't profitably replace it with something else.--WadeMcR 14:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I couldn't agree more. The word meme is about as meaningful as thing. There's no need to adopt the poorly-defined language of the "blogosphere" when describing it. --128.205.218.25 01:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overlords and Arthur C. Clarke

Couldn't the Simpsons episode have been inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End? In that (excellent) novel, the Overlords appear one day in the sky and take control of planet Earth.

[edit] Merge

• Support - I realize the Simpsons did not create this neologism, but the article itself credits the Simpsons with it's popularity... just trying to clean up Category: The Simpsons some... - Adolphus79 03:58, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose I don't know, just seems a bt inappopriate given that the simpsons wasn't the real origin. 131.194.70.51 18:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Closed, vote was no consensus... (see also: Talk:List of neologisms on The Simpsons) - Adolphus79 21:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GTA Vice City

Has this line too