@fatroll Dictionary: DJ Tanner
We haven’t done this feature in a while, but this @fatroll phrase is way too awesome to not share with others. It goes something along the lines of this: if you know someone who is working out way too much (cough… Kristine) in an attempt to do (or win) something and risk collapsing or wearing themselves out, they are pulling what is known as a “DJ Tanner.”
As children of the late 80s/early 90s may recall, DJ Tanner is a character from the popular ABC series Full House. Anywho, there was this episode where she was trying to lose weight and wasn’t eating and going to the gym morning, noon and night. Ultimately, she collapses. It’s almost the equivalent of the Jessie Spano incident from Saved by the Bell where she took caffeine pills to stay awake and active. Just substitute caffeine pills for workouts.
Used in a @fatroll sentence (or actual conversation):
Kristine: “Yeah, after our five-mile walk, I’m going to head over to Ballet Austin and do the ballet fitness bootcamp, then yoga or pilates and then the Hip Hop Class. Oh, and then I have flag football.”
Me and Meredith: “Kristine, don’t pull a DJ Tanner.”
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