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I worked hard at imitating the Leonard Nimoy Spock's raised eyebrow for quite a while. I don't regret the time spent practicing that in front of a mirror. I never mastered a fully raised eyebrow, but I can do a slight eyebrow raise.

Whenever someone is being greedy or acting a fool, I say, "hoo-man," in a bad Ferengi accent.

Jean-Luc Picard's "make it so" is a go to phrase for me.

My first sip of coffee for the day is always my Janeway moment.

When someone says something far fetched, I say "really." I think I'm channeling Benjamin Sisko. No one else sees it that way.

I say "p'takh" a bit too often. Not to anyone who understands Klingon. Not yet, anyway.

Any Star Trek mannerism or phrase you've incorporated into your life?

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[-] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

I tend to do the Spock eyebrow raise quite a bit without thinking about it, to the point that people I know will ask if it's on purpose.

I also will use "fascinating" and I tend to insert logical or illogical into sentences.

Worf's "It is not funny, but I get it" is something I throw in as well.

If I'm in "Star Trek Mode" I'll use various Klingon phrases, along with the Vulcan salute as greeting. My wife and I will at times text in Klingon. There's other stuff as well, but not as common!

[-] theinspectorst@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I similarly do the Spock eyebrow a lot without realising it.

I also used to do the Data head tilt, again without realising I was copying Data, until someone pointed it out to me. They didn't actually know it was a Star Trek thing but as soon as they pointed it out I realised I was subconsciously copying one of my favourite characters.

[-] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

That's great! I didn't realize how common my eyebrow raise was until someone asked if I was copying Spock. My wife is still convinced I practice and do it on purpose though.

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I'll use various Klingon phrases

Qu'vatlh qhuy'cha' baQa'!

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