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Would it be acceptable if this phrase was used when referring to pop songs heard in films and TV or would that require a separate phrase (and subsequently, a separate thread)?
You mean like how songs from The Greatest American Hero are totally from that show and not the terrible cover versions they actually are?
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I'm not sure how you can coin a phrase that everyone already used (as shorthand for that cue).
It is intended for general usage outside of Lost in Space, like "Jump the shark" is used outside of "Happy Days," and not just for use within the context of "Lost in Space," which no one in their right mind watches anymore.
Please read my full post and not just the thread title.
Congrats. I'm with you on this. It perfectly sums up the concept.
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May 22, 2017 - 4:46 AM
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Last Child
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I read the post, but didnt get it (as a generalization). If you can get a celebrity to use it, all the google hits searching for an explanation will surely convince Websters to add it to the dictionary.
I think there are a lot of celebrities on the list, so I'm sure it will catch on. 
It seems like it's alot easier to coin a phrase now with the internet. Nevertheless, it's not a slam-dunk. I remember watching Tom Snyder interview Charles Manson for TV (when I was a kid in the 1970s), and him saying, "C'mon, Charlie, get off your space shuttle." Only the absurdity of the context and metaphor which I'd never heard before or since, as well as Snyder's pompous attempt to coin a phrase, was memorable. Sort of like Rumsfeld's little bits of wartime wisdom which sound like something out of Dr. Strangelove.
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