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• 03 Oct 08
  

  Djiezes Kraaijst

  snowclones language linguistics database resource

  • (Dammit Jim,) I’m an X, not a Y!
  • c. 1966-1969 [and later; this expression appears in several Star Trek shows and films], Dr. McCoy in Star Trek to the erstwhile Captain Kirk: “Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor, not a(n) {engineer, mechanic, bricklayer}!”
  • In X, no one can hear you Y
  • 1979, the film Alien: “In space, no one can hear you scream.”
  • X is the new Y

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