One-Liners Of The Decade

The short quips, phrases and exclamations that defined the '00s. I forgot a million that could be included, so please add yours as well.

• "Wassup?"

  -- From an Anheuser-Busch Budwiser beer campaign, which first aired Dec. 20 1999, but was popularized in early 2000.

• "The Tribe has spoken."

  

  -- Jeff Probst, on "Survivor: Borneo," May 31, 2000

• "The American people have now spoken. But it's going to take a little while to determine exactly what they said."

  

  -- Pres. Bill Clinton, Nov. 2000

• "Holy Fucking Shit."

  

  -- The Onion, Sept. 26, 2001 (Read the whole issue.)

• "There are known knowns... we also know that there are known unknowns… There are also unknown unknowns."

  -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002

• "Shock and awe."

  -- The U.S. military, all major news organizations, Jan. through March, 2003

• "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

  

  -- Pres. George W. Bush, May 1, 2003

• "Wardrobe malfunction."

  

  -- Justin Timberlake, Feb. 2, 2004

• "He's just not that into you."

  

  -- From the book of the same title by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, released Sept. 7, 2004

• "Combine enough nonhits on the Long Tail and you've got a market bigger than the hits."

  

  -- Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine, Oct. 2004 (Read the whole article.)

• "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

  -- Pres. George W. Bush, Sept. 2, 2005

• Later That Same Night: "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

  -- Kanye West, Sept. 2, 2005

• "I wish I knew how to quit you."

  

  -- Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), in "Brokeback Mountain," released Dec. 16, 2005

• "What are you doing?"

  

  -- Twitter, July 2006

• "F---ing Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

  

  -- Mel Gibson, July 28, 2006

• "An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator: These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it iPhone."

  -- Steve Jobs, Jan. 9, 2007

• "Leave Britney alone!"

  -- Chris Crocker, Sept. 10, 2007

• "Yes, we can."

  -- Barack Obama, Jan. 9, 2008

• "I drink your milkshake."

  -- Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), in "There Will Be Blood," released Jan. 11, 2008

• "The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."

  -- Gov. Sarah Palin, Sept. 3, 2008

• "The fundamentals of our economy are strong."

  -- Sen. John McCain, Sept. 25, 2008

• "You lie!"

  -- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Sept. 9, 2009

• "Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, I'm sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."

  -- Kanye West, Sept. 19, 2009