{"id":10562,"date":"2026-07-19T12:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10562"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:26:12","slug":"these-clueless-secrets-will-leave-you-totally-buggin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10562","title":{"rendered":"These Clueless Secrets Will Leave You Totally Buggin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>25. Think Heckerling came up with Cher&#8217;s signature slam on her own? As\u00a0<em>if<\/em>! Something of an amateur linguist, the screenwriter\u00a0is &#8220;always compiling slang words because I am just interested in how people use language,&#8221; she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/as-clueless-director-amy-heckerling-871781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained to\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> in 2016 of the line&#8217;s origins. &#8220;At that time, which was like early &#8217;90s, &#8216;As if!&#8217; was floating around in the gay community. and I thought it was really a multiuseful, multipurpose word. I thought it would be a good thing for teenagers to be saying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>26. While the phrase ranked in the outlet&#8217;s 100 Favorite Movie Quotes, Heckerling&#8217;s personal favorite came from Cher&#8217;s impassioned debate class speech: &#8220;I guess, in a goofy way, I have always been proud of &#8216;It does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>27. Crafting the full lexicon required some thoughtful research. &#8220;When I auditioned the kids, I&#8217;d always ask for new words,&#8221; she told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>. &#8220;That&#8217;s where I got &#8216;going postal.'&#8221; As for other terms, &#8220;&#8216;Betty&#8217; was based\u00a0on Betty Rubble, who was very pretty,&#8221; she shared. &#8220;And &#8216;Barney&#8217; is like, How did\u00a0<em>he<\/em>\u00a0get her?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25. Think Heckerling came up with Cher&#8217;s signature slam on her own? As\u00a0if! Something of an amateur linguist, the screenwriter\u00a0is &#8220;always compiling slang words because I am just interested in how people use language,&#8221; she\u00a0explained to\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter in 2016 of the line&#8217;s origins. &#8220;At that time, which was like early &#8217;90s, &#8216;As if!&#8217; was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020420\/rs_1200x1200-200520094244-1200-clueless.cm.52020.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&output-quality=90&crop=1200:1200;center,top","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}