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Go you big red fire engine!
A phrase adopted by Australian comedian Adam Hills, usually used as an expression of affirmation or encouragement.
It was coined during a 1999 stand-up performance in Melbourne, Australia. Hills had invited an audience member on stage to yell out his own name; instead, the man shouted "go you big red fire engine!" The phrase quickly became an audience chant, and Hills subsequently used it as an affirmative mantra, eventually basing a stand-up show around it in 2001.
"Go you big red fire engine!" came to be regarded as a general expression of encouragement, and with Hills' urging it began to weasel its way into pop culture: it ended up appearing in a Detroit newspaper and on a Swedish website, as well as being yelled out in the Australian Federal Parliament by then-Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.
It was coined during a 1999 stand-up performance in Melbourne, Australia. Hills had invited an audience member on stage to yell out his own name; instead, the man shouted "go you big red fire engine!" The phrase quickly became an audience chant, and Hills subsequently used it as an affirmative mantra, eventually basing a stand-up show around it in 2001.
"Go you big red fire engine!" came to be regarded as a general expression of encouragement, and with Hills' urging it began to weasel its way into pop culture: it ended up appearing in a Detroit newspaper and on a Swedish website, as well as being yelled out in the Australian Federal Parliament by then-Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.
"The only way I could get through every night (of a bad gig) was, as I walked on, to just go, 'go you big red fire engine!' I could face anything after saying that!" - Adam Hills, "Go You Big Red Fire Engine" (2001)
Go you big red fire engine! by shoemoneytonight January 29, 2010
Go you athletic teens
Me to the P.E. teacher: Gyat means Go you athletic teens, go scream it at those girls doing squats
P.E. teacher: *goes to prison*
P.E. teacher: *goes to prison*
Go you athletic teens by RougeNat February 1, 2024
Go You Athletic Team
Short for GYAT, a saying that is used by coaches, teachers, and more to give motivation to a team playing a game, such as basketball.
Bob: "Hey coach, did you know that GYAT means "Go You Athletic Team"? You should tell that to the girls team playing basketball over there for motivation!"
Coach: "Alrighty!"
Coach: "GYAT! GYAT! GYAAAAAAATTTT!"
Coach: "Alrighty!"
Coach: "GYAT! GYAT! GYAAAAAAATTTT!"
Go You Athletic Team by CheeseWasHere February 23, 2024
Your a hater I dab go you
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