Often slang can come from the cinema. The term to "catfish" someone, which means to pretend to be someone else on the Internet, comes from the 2010 documentary/thriller "Catfish." To call a cop, a "dirty harry," which is a cop that's not afraid to play by his own rules, comes from the 1971 Clint Eastwood film.
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Often slang can come from the cinema. The term to "catfish" someone, which means to pretend to be someone else on the Internet, comes from the 2010 documentary/thriller "Catfish." To call a cop, a "dirty harry," which is a cop that's not afraid to play by his own rules, comes from the 1971 Clint Eastwood film.