Is the phrase "Zowie, I'm young!" a reference?
In Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6, Episode 8, title He Said, She Said, Captain Holt says the phrase
Zowie, I'm young!
to Terry and Boyle upon discovering the Disco Strangler is still alive (around 16 minutes into the episode, immediately after Holt receives a fax).
It isn't a phrase I'm familiar with, and I am unable to find anything online about it except for articles relating to this particular episode. However, the name "Zowie" strikes me as very odd, and I feel as though he is quoting something when he says this.
Is the phrase "Zowie, I'm young!" a reference?
Best Answer
This is a good one. "Zowie!" is a thing that cowboys said in old westerns. Because they couldn't swear. Something like "todly-o" or "gorsh dam".
It's a word that means "Huuray!". And it's also, a word that is no longer used.
From Merriam Webster
The word zowie was inspired by the sound of a speeding vehicle-a new phenomenon when the word entered the lexicon in 1902, the year before the Ford Motor Company sold its first car
So it's a joke on how Holt is really old when, feeling young, he use phrase that is 80 years old.
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