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A Practical Guide to the Catchphrases of Arrested Development

If you're one of the dozen or so people who still haven't seen the show, never fear: Wired has prepared a handy guide to communicating with your friends and neighbors via Arrested Development catchphrases. Soon, you'll be yelling "No touching!" with the best of them.
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Arrested Development Catchphrases
In 2012, I watched Arrested Development for the first time and discovered that roughly 60 percent of the lexicon of my peer group consisted of direct references to the misadventures of the Bluth family. In the days leading up to the much-anticipated Netflix release of Season 4, experts* predict that that figure may rise as high as 80 or 90 percent. If you're one of the dozen or so people who still haven't seen the show--or have lost some of your Arrested Development fluency in the six-year gap between the last episode and now--never fear: Wired has prepared a handy guide to communicating with your friends and neighbors via Arrested Development catchphrases, including appropriate circumstances for their use in everyday conversation. Soon, you'll be yelling "No touching!" with the best of them. *No actual experts were consulted during the development of this article.