An informational exchange during which
one person takes him/herself much too seriously -- much like David Caruso's character "Horatio" on CSI:
Miami. Caruso-isms are typically demonstrated by taking off
one's sunglasses and pointing chin upwards while furrowing brow, inserting inane pauses and taking oneself too seriously when describing certain situations.
Example 1: David Caruso stumbles into a mafia-
party-gone-bad and finds several women murdered. "I think....(pause)....I think... (sunglass lift, chin tilt, beams of sunlight
hit his
face) we have a murder on our hands." This Caruso-ism is typically followed-up with background burst of The Who'
s "We Won't Get Fooled Again".
Example 2:
Annoying, overly-dramatic colleague stumbles over to the office vending machine only to find that the Mounds Bars have not been restocked. He/she commits a Caruso-ism by completely overreacting and thinking they are the only ones able to solve this mystery. "I think....I think....the Mounds have been accosted by some
coconut-loving mafia lynchmen. Only I can find these villains and make the world a better place". (Followed by "We Won't Get Fooled Again" lead-in)