I can't think of 'edgy' now without thinking of that 'Daria':
Jake: '"Edgy"... I keep hearing that word from my clients. Everyone wants "edgy." What is it?' Val: '"Edgy" is going right up to the edge of the cliff and being able to see all the way down, and dancing anyway!' Jake: 'What the hell does that mean?' Helen: (hurriedly) 'How do you like the chilli, Val?' Val: 'It rocks! Are these cheese puffs?' Jake: 'I got the recipe from your magazine. Is it "edgy"?' Val: 'We only do edgy. That's what drew me to Daria's essay, "My So-Called Angst". I'm sure Daria can tell you all about "edgy". She is it, and I mean "it" with a capital I-T.' Helen: 'Daria, you've barely said a word.' Val: 'Yeah, Daria, tell your dad what "edgy" is.' Daria: 'As far as I can make out, "edgy" occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy - not to mention the spending money - out of the "youth culture". So they come up with this fake concept of seeming to be dangerous when every move they make is the result of market research and a corporate master plan.' Helen: (hurriedly) 'Jake, honey, is this mint in here?' Jake: 'Yeah! Fresh sprig!' Val: 'I love this girl! Is she smart, or what? Where'd you sharpen that mind of yours, Daria? That's edgy!' Jake: 'What is?'
Jake: '"Edgy"... I keep hearing that word from my clients. Everyone wants "edgy." What is it?'
Val: '"Edgy" is going right up to the edge of the cliff and being able to see all the way down, and dancing anyway!'
Jake: 'What the hell does that mean?'
Helen: (hurriedly) 'How do you like the chilli, Val?'
Val: 'It rocks! Are these cheese puffs?'
Jake: 'I got the recipe from your magazine. Is it "edgy"?'
Val: 'We only do edgy. That's what drew me to Daria's essay, "My So-Called Angst". I'm sure Daria can tell you all about "edgy". She is it, and I mean "it" with a capital I-T.'
Helen: 'Daria, you've barely said a word.'
Val: 'Yeah, Daria, tell your dad what "edgy" is.'
Daria: 'As far as I can make out, "edgy" occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy - not to mention the spending money - out of the "youth culture". So they come up with this fake concept of seeming to be dangerous when every move they make is the result of market research and a corporate master plan.'
Helen: (hurriedly) 'Jake, honey, is this mint in here?'
Jake: 'Yeah! Fresh sprig!'
Val: 'I love this girl! Is she smart, or what? Where'd you sharpen that mind of yours, Daria? That's edgy!'
Jake: 'What is?'
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I think "edgy" being debunked on popular tv pre-2003 means it's irretrievably old meme which would explain why Old Folks such as RTD use it....
(Between that and conjoined twins being sooo 1990s... I rest my case (y'know, the case I never made in the first place due to laziness).]
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Also, icon!
*Except when referring to an actual edge of an actual physical object.
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