A moment/ subject of conversation that isn't worth talking about. A little thing that normally people wouldn't bother to bring up.
Example 1:
X: Let's *cough, cough* shake on it.
Y: I'm not gonna shake hands with YOU, you just coughed in your hands!
Y: Now that's a Seinfeld episode.
Example 2:
X: Are you kidding me?
Y: Why what happened?
X: My waiter spilled my drink and didn't even offer to clean it up!
Y: I'll just ask him to pick it up.
X:No don't do that, he knows i saw him do it.
Y: Your making this such a Seinfeld episode.
X: Let's *cough, cough* shake on it.
Y: I'm not gonna shake hands with YOU, you just coughed in your hands!
Y: Now that's a Seinfeld episode.
Example 2:
X: Are you kidding me?
Y: Why what happened?
X: My waiter spilled my drink and didn't even offer to clean it up!
Y: I'll just ask him to pick it up.
X:No don't do that, he knows i saw him do it.
Y: Your making this such a Seinfeld episode.
by Jews are people too July 9, 2010
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"Damn, sounds like hardcore Seinfeld Syndrome."
"Damn, sounds like hardcore Seinfeld Syndrome."
by Baseball Heavy August 10, 2007
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I had to run home early to catch my friend before she left for work, but I got stuck in traffic and lost the key to my place. It was a real Seinfeld situation!
by Hans v June 10, 2011
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Boy 2: No, he doesn't have any roles besides playing Kramer. He fell to the Seinfeld syndrome.
Boy 2: No, he doesn't have any roles besides playing Kramer. He fell to the Seinfeld syndrome.
by FoxMcWeezer December 13, 2009
Get the Seinfeld syndrome mug.The Unnesecary addition of laughtracks into sitcoms or general statemnets that arent even supposed to be jokes
by The Urban Dictionarium'stdve December 31, 2020
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Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Micheal Richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show. Shows specifically cited regarding the Seinfeld curse are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Watching Ellie, Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson and Listen Up!, and Michael Richards' The Michael Richards Show. Larry David once said of the curse, "It's so completely idiotic... It's very hard to have a successful sitcom."
However, the Emmy award-winning success of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine has led many to believe that she has broken the 'curse'. In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus held up her award and exclaimed, "I'm not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!" With Louis-Dreyfus playing Christine, the show has been on the air for four seasons with above-average ratings as of 2008.
Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Micheal Richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show. Shows specifically cited regarding the Seinfeld curse are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Watching Ellie, Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson and Listen Up!, and Michael Richards' The Michael Richards Show. Larry David once said of the curse, "It's so completely idiotic... It's very hard to have a successful sitcom."
However, the Emmy award-winning success of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine has led many to believe that she has broken the 'curse'. In her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus held up her award and exclaimed, "I'm not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!" With Louis-Dreyfus playing Christine, the show has been on the air for four seasons with above-average ratings as of 2008.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus broke the Seinfeld curse when she starred in CBS's "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
by RawrItsPanda October 20, 2009
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-THEY LEFT THE JUNIOR MINT IN HIM?
-Yes!
-Well, I guess it can't hurt him...people eat pounds of those things.
-Yes, they eat them. They don't put them next to VITAL ORGANS IN THEIR ABDOMINAL CAVITY!!
-THEY LEFT THE JUNIOR MINT IN HIM?
-Yes!
-Well, I guess it can't hurt him...people eat pounds of those things.
-Yes, they eat them. They don't put them next to VITAL ORGANS IN THEIR ABDOMINAL CAVITY!!
by EJL December 14, 2003
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