New phrases aren’t thought up by some committee of wordsmiths sitting around in an office all day long. People from many different walks of life have contributed to the goofy things we let fly out of our mouths regularly. Scientists, presidents, and yes, even humorists, are responsible for coining a lot of the terms that we use today. Here are a few that we can safely hold comedy accountable for.

4. “THE (BLANK) FROM HELL”

The Yale Book of Quotations, released in 2006, credits comedian Richard Lewis with coining the phrase “the (blank) from hell.” They traced it back to a bit he did in his early stand-up days, where he talked about going on what he called “a date from hell.” An editor for Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations disagreed with the assertion, but Lewis was adamant that he populariz

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