Dirty!
An easy favourite
One of my favourite Lorelai-isms is her use of the word ‘Dirty’. It pops up (dirty!) throughout the seven seasons and, in a single word, captures both her fun-loving childish side as well as her grown-up-ness-ness.
From humble beginnings…
Luke By the way, you do tell people that you’re the one that named my toolbox, right? Lorelai Toolbox, dirty. Luke Oh geez.
Bonus point for the first person to tell me the name of Luke’s toolbox.
On to one of my personal favourites, conjuring naughtiness out of thin air:
Luke Go one day without coffee. Lorelai That’s not giving up. Luke I’ll put a toy in your cereal. Lorelai Dirty!
And a stunning one-two, in a town meeting no less:
Taylor You really have to work on your punctuality, Lorelai. I banged the meeting in a half an hour ago. Lorelai Uh, dirty! Taylor All right now, the last order of business is a matter relating personally to me, therefore I’m going to give Miss Patty my gavel. Lorelai Again, dirty! Taylor Stop that.
By season 3, other people are doing it without her:
Rory We like tacos. Lorelai Yes, we do. (reads) “You haven’t had a taco until you’ve spent some time at Hector’s, crisp and meaty – “ Rory … dirty… Lorelai Thank you.
And a couple to finish from Luke:
Luke Well, if you have a big one you don’t need a small one. (Lorelai opens her mouth) Don’t say ‘dirty’, it’s too easy. Luke No, I’ve filled my whacking quota for the week. Dirty? Lorelai Extremely.
Do you use ‘Dirty’ like Lorelai?
In honour of Lorelai, I challenge you to use it appropriately this week. I’m looking for a dirty epidemic, people.