Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Getstuffed

👉 Okay, let’s tackle that wonderfully…specific…piece of 20th and early-mid 21st century slang, affectionately nicknamed "

get stuffed.

‍💥."

Now, traditionally when you hear the expression, a lot of folks immediately jump to its rather bluntly aggressive, insulting meaning—basically telling someone off really spectacularly. And yeah! Historically, it was, in fact, a shouted dismissal, an outright rejection. Think of a young guy shouting that at his stuffy old grandpa after a ridiculous suggestion. Pointless and frankly, a bit rude. Here’s the weird truth behind why this seemingly nasty thing became so widespread, and honestly, kinda amusing. During the early days of MTV in the 1980's—and I mean, the very beginnings of MTV—the network had a technical hiccup! There was that infamous, absolutely legendary, moment when the music video feed would periodically…freeze...on what looked like an awkwardly pixelated, grey-faced dude. This guy, who apparently just happened to be the equipment tester's buddy, became known as "’ booty. It was, and I quote, a completely random, unexplainable thing. And then, naturally, people started joking about it! They began shouting out into the TV whenever this freeze-up would happen: "You wanna get stuffed, dude?!" Basically they were saying, Hey, that weird, grey guy is