The Seinfeld Dictionary

Billy Mumphrey

May 21, 2008 · No Comments

Billy Mumphrey - (related terms: Billy Mumphrey stories) 1. main character in a unpublished manuscript that Elaine was to read for her interview with Viking Press. 2. it was “a story about love, deception, greed, lust and…unbridled enthusiasm.” 3. quote: “You see Elaine, Billy was a simple country boy. You might say a cockeyed optimist, who got himself mixed up in the high stakes game of world diplomacy and international intrigue.” — Kramer 4. episode: The Doodle

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Bubble Boy

March 31, 2008 · 2 Comments

Bubble Boy - (related term: Moops) 1. one who lives in a bubble 2. boy Jerry visits named Donald who has a rare immune deficiency. 3. the bubble is not an igloo, just a piece of plastic dividing the room. 4. the bubble boy likes profanity, nudity and loves games, especially trivial pursuit. 5. Susan accidentally bursts the bubble after a dispute between George and Donald over the word Moops. 6. quote: “Ok, History. This is for the game. How ya doin’ over there? Not too good!” — Bubble Boy 7. episode: The Bubble Boy

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Soup Nazi

March 18, 2008 · No Comments

Soup Nazi - 1. nickname given to Yev Kasem, the temperamental and eccentric soup man 2. has a strict ordering procedure that must be followed precisely or you won’t get soup and will be banned. 3. customers tolerate him because his soup is so delicious. 4. quote: “So, you hold out your money, speak your soup in a loud, clear voice, step to the left and receive…It’s very important not embellish on your order. No extraneous comments. No questions. No compliments.” — Jerry teaching George the soup ordering procedure. 5. episode: The Soup Nazi

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Checkmate

March 17, 2008 · No Comments

Checkmate - (related terms: Ponce de Leon, Rochelle, Rochelle) 1. movie that Elaine, Jerry, George and Kramer try to see. 2. showing at the Paragon and the Paradise. 3. quote: “I’ve been dying to see Checkmate…Well, if it’s half as good as “Ponce de Leon”. I’ll be be happy” — Elaine & George 4. episode: The Movie

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Commando 450

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

Commando 450 - (related term: Commando 8) 1. black market shower head made in the former Yugoslavia. 2. only used in the circus for elephants 3. quote: “…from what I hear the Serbs are fanatic about their showers.” — Newman 4. quote: “I got the Cyclone F series, Hydra Jet Flow, Stockholm Superstream, you name it.” — black market shower salesman 5. episode: The Shower Head

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kibosh

March 7, 2008 · No Comments

kibosh - (related terms: Crazy Joe DaVola) 1. to stop or ruin something 2. threats made by crazy Joe DaVola to Jerry after he thought his NBC deal was ruined by Jerry. 3. quote: “I know you badmouthed me to the execs at NBC, put the kibosh on my deal. Now I�m gonna put the kibosh on you. You know I’ve kiboshed before, and I will kibosh again.” — Crazy Joe DaVola’s phone message 4. episode: The Opera

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The Super Terrific Happy Hour

March 6, 2008 · No Comments

The Super Terrific Happy Hour - 1. a Japanese comedy show that features a one second clip of Jerry in the opening credits. 2. makes Jerry a big star in Japan and earns him royalty checks worth 12 cents. 3. Jerry develops “super terrific carpal tunnel” in his hand from signing so many checks. 4. quote: “That’s the face that greets you at the beginning of the The Super Terrific Happy Hour” — Kramer 5. episode: The Checks 

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La Cocina

March 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

La Cocina - 1. an off-off-Broadway comedy about an Mexican chef named Pepe who mimed cooking tamales on stage  2. a lie by George when asked by NBC executives if he had written anything. 3. episode: The Pitch

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Ocean

February 25, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ocean - (related terms: the beach) 1. perfume/cologne from Calvin Klein that smells like you’ve just returned from the beach. 2. idea stolen from Kramer who pitched the idea to one of Calvin Klein’s flunkies.  3. Kramer settles with Calvin Klein by appearing in a risque underwear ad 4. quote: “He laughs at me then steals my idea.  I could have been a millionaire.  I could have been a fragance millionaire, Jerry…They’re not going to get away with this.” — Kramer 5. episode: The Pick 

 

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hand

February 22, 2008 · No Comments

hand - (related terms: pre-emptive breakup) 1. one who has the upper-hand in a relationship. 2. the person who doesn’t have the upper-hand is said to have no hand. 3. one way to get hand is by executing a pre-emptive breakup 4. quote: “We all want the hand. Hand is tough to get. You gotta get the hand from the opening” — Jerry 5. quote: “Jerry, let me tell you something, a man without hand is not a man.  I got so much hand I’m coming out of my gloves.” — George 6. episode: The Pez Dispenser

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