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== S ==
* "Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever."▼
* "Shaken, not stirred" or variations thereof. Either used to order a drink or to comment that a character has had a rough predicament but survived.
** In ''[[The West Wing]]'', Bartlet comments that Bond is "ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it".
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* "A simple no would have sufficed.": An indignant response to a dismissal or rejection that is overly demeaning, verbose, or both.
* "Slowly I turn -- step by step, inch by inch..." Originally the [[Signature Line]] of a famous [[w:Slowly I Turned|vaudeville sketch]] which has now been mostly forgotten, if this line is used anymore, it's to indicate that the speaker is humorously pretending to have been triggered into [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* "So there I was..."▼
* "Someone... or ''something''..." Used to identify that an act may have been done by something paranormal.
** When [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] used it, [[Action Girl]] Karrin Murphy calls him on it, saying, "You've been waiting years to use that one, haven't you?" Dresden, being the [[Smart Ass]] that he is, shrugs and mentions that opportunities don't arise as often as you'd think.
* "Something's coming." Often said with great solemnity by a [[Magical Native American]] or other [[Noble Savage]], sometimes with ear to the ground.
▲* "So there I was..."
* "Sorry, but duty calls..." What a cop/military hero says to a pretty girl he's dating that he has to get back to work. She usually is gracious enough to leave it at that.
* "Stay with me, stay with me..." Said to someone who's been critically injured or wounded and is in danger of dying before emergency aid arrives.▼
* "Stick that in your (noun) and (verb) it." Most commonly used after making a point to rub it in. Original form is almost certainly "Stick that in your pipe and smoke it," but modern usage plays it as a mad libs.
* "Stop me anytime." Someone is depressed or angry with themselves and starts listing all of their own failings, expecting the person they're talking to to break in and disagree. If the other person just lets them continue, they get annoyed and say this.
* "Stop the presses." Originally related to reporters have a new story that they just have to have in the next edition, it's rarer for use in actual news (actually stopping the presses is damned expensive and takes ages to start back up) and is used generally for any news that may need people to stop what they are doing.
** Subverted in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "Truth or Ed" where Eddy yells this when he hears that the school newspapers actually have profit.
▲* "Says the X..." In forms like "Says the X to the Y" or "Says the X who/that did whatever."
▲* "Stay with me, stay with me..." Said to someone who's been critically injured or wounded and is in danger of dying before emergency aid arrives.
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