Has the shark been jumped?

[Blarg]

As I recall, Harry Truman had a famous little plaque on his desk that said, "The buck stops here."

I think that's a poker or blackjack reference, to the button.

People may be speaking about poker more regularly now, but poker and gambling lingo that's even remotely regularly used is old history by now.

[MicroBob]

Okay....I'm an idiot. I don't know what 'jump the shark' means.


Also - I think it's kind of funny that I take poker seriously and it is my sole source of income yet I don't own any chips....and until recently I didn't even own a deck of cards (I bought a deck for $2 at a convenience store because I was showing a friend how to play).

[jdl22]

A quick googling came up with this at urbandictionary.com

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1. jump the shark

a term to describe a moment when somethin that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity.

Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show.

Cousin Oliver on Brady Bunch, Scrappy Doo.

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Also some good info can be found here.

[MicroBob]

Of course, the problem with this is that Happy Days was never a great show.

[sfer]

That's true, but everyone over 25 remembers those specific two episodes.

[Blarg]

There's actually a jump the shark website, and a book put out by the guys who invented the phrase. The book is pretty funny; there are all kinds of lists of shows, books, sports and political moments, etc., with usually a brief analysis of exactly why a given episode or embarassing line truly was the jumping of the shark. It's pretty fun to figure out and argue about when somebody jumped the shark, especially with people who don't think the shark was ever jumped or even liked the show or musician or whatever long after the jumping. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[theghost]

[ QUOTE ]
As I recall, Harry Truman had a famous little plaque on his desk that said, "The buck stops here."

I think that's a poker or blackjack reference, to the button.

People may be speaking about poker more regularly now, but poker and gambling lingo that's even remotely regularly used is old history by now.

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-Blue chip
-close call
-Ace in the hole
...and more, these are just off the top of my head

[BonJoviJones]

Howard Lederer/Annie Duke's father is a linguist and I saw an interesting article he wrote somewhere on the net where he discussed how deeply intertwined gambling talk is with everyday talk.

Any one have the link?

[lowroller]

I'm not positive, but I don't think "blue chip" comes from gambling.

[AceHigh]

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I'm not positive, but I don't think "blue chip" comes from gambling.

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Back in the day, Blue Chips was usually the highest denomination or best chip in a casino so the best stocks were called "blue chip" stocks.