A list of cliches (via Google) where something is being transposed to be the new thing:
- Clarendon is the new Helvetica
- The location field is the new command line
- Fake is the new real
- Orange is the new black
- Quiet is the new loud
- Nearshore is the new offshore
- Red is the new blonde
- Blacker is the new black
- Iraq is the new Vietnam
- Movie piracy is the new plague
- Fat is the new thin
- Wide is the new black
- Fat is the new tobacco
- Organic is the new kosher
- MFA is the new MBA
- Small is the new big
- Spim is the new spam
- Being uncool is the new cool
- Gay marriage is the new abortion
- 30 is the new teenage
- Butt crack is the new cleavage
Of course, everything is the new black. Why is black the standard? Have any other favorites?
I am the new ME…