Common phrases used in trek

[IAmAParrot]

Particularly Berman Era trek. I seem to hear these phrases used A LOT, but I only remember a few

"let's just say"
"another time/maybe next time"
"I'll keep that in mind"

And there's much more..anyone remmeber any good ones?

 

[Iamnotspock]

"Some kind of..." springs infuriatingly to mind.

 

[somebuddyX]

Some kind of list of common phrases in Star Trek.

 

[ChristopherPike]

I counted "Dead in the Water" at least three times during Picard Season 3. Don't recall hearing that much before Enterprise. It was always "They've come to a full stop." or "She's a sitting duck." or some variation of drifting with power... "Dead in space" maybe?

I can't stop hearing it said in Reed's Mr. Tucker accent pisstake. Probably should keep my shirt on.

 

[somebuddyX]

In the "The Beginning" script for Star Trek XI they say "don't screw the pooch" 3 times in 25 pages. I thought it was more.
"Photon Torpedos! Full Spread!" I'd reckon that's said at least 47 times.

 

[Farscape One]

47, or a calculation that uses a variation of it, appears A LOT in TNG and VGR. I know the reason behind it, and I actually kind of miss hearing it once in a while in the current era.

Some kind/type/form of was also used extremely often.


I remember when "THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR" first aired, Worf said, "That remains to be seen" four times at various conversations and for different reasons. I thought that was going to be his catch phrase for his time on DS9.

 

[Forbin]

"If we could..." (technobabble engineering solution follows)
"Shields down to [number] percent."
"There goes the starboard power coupling!"

 

[Farscape One]

Speaking of technobabble...

Interferometric.

When I first heard that, I thought it was the most ridiculous thing they could have come up with. And I kept thinking that for over 25 years. I mean, just listen to Harry Kim say it in "THE SWARM". It sounds so fake.

Imagine my surprise when I discover that it's a REAL thing. It's been a couple years since I discovered this, and it still floors me.

 

[Oddish]

Pattern buffer.

 

[EnderAKH]

"Intertial Dampers (or other plot-based system) are offline"

 

[Iamnotspock]

I remember when "THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR" first aired, Worf said, "That remains to be seen" four times at various conversations and for different reasons. I thought that was going to be his catch phrase for his time on DS9.

I was curious, as I could only remember one, so I checked chakoteya.net's transcript and can only find two.

 

[Farscape One]

On the Defiant bridge when they were chased back to DS9 and in his quarters when talking to Martok. I know I heard it again, but I don't have to check at the moment.

 

[IAmAParrot]

Another one is "[insert the word that or another sub/obj/verb] can be arranged".

 

[Mudd]

So, am I to understand that they spoke a version of English in old Star Trek that utilized common expressions and phrases?

 

[Farscape One]

I know McCoy said to Charlie that he was '4 oh' after he examined him in "CHARLIE X". I believe that was an older expression that doesn't get used anymore.

 

[1001001]

I’ve got a bad feeling about this…

Umm… “like a _____ when it____”

 

[drt]

I know McCoy said to Charlie that he was '4 oh' after he examined him in "CHARLIE X". I believe that was an older expression that doesn't get used anymore.

Uhhh, I'm pretty sure anyone in school still uses it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I know McCoy said to Charlie that he was '4 oh' after he examined him in "CHARLIE X". I believe that was an older expression that doesn't get used anymore.

What does it mean?

 

[Farscape One]

Uhhh, I'm pretty sure anyone in school still uses it.

Really? I wasn't aware of that.

 

[Farscape One]

What does it mean?

"Sound from limb to limb."

A good medical exam result.