Please tell me I'm not the only person who thought for years that "I'm audi" was "I'm outie." Like, as in "I'm out." If it wasn't for the slang glossary at the back of one of the tie-in books for the movie that I unearthed a few years ago, I would've never realised haha!
"Oh, my, where are my manners? Would either of you homicidal maniacs like some sweet tea?"
It is probably because most people mispronounce "audi" as "awww-dee" when it is in fact pronounced "ow-dee." So "audi" and "outie" sound much alike if you hear "audi" pronounced correctly.
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TxMike, that doesn't make sense. In the first sentence, you say that Audi should be correctly pronounced 'ow-dee,' which sounds like 'outie,' but in the second sentence you say that Audi and outie only sound alike if Audi is mispronounced. Say what?
For the OP, I think it's supposed to be a pun, and that they were meaning 'I'm out (of here)' but spelled it Audi, because Audi manufactures luxury cars, and it was just another way to emphasize that these teens were super rich.
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Ha! You are correct, when I wrote it I knew what I meant but wrote in an awkward wording.
Sorry for the confusion. Please re-read my edited response, I believe it makes more sense.
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It WAS "I'm outie." as in "I'm out of here."
Audi had nothing to do with it. Where does one get that from?
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It's definitely Audi. From the book As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew (page 27):
AUDI
Amy Heckerling: "Audi... where did I hear that? That must have been from [students at] school."
Definition: The phrase also appears in UCLA Slang 2, the 1993 edition of the university's sporadically (sporadically -- Tai shoutout!) updated slang dictionary. There, it is defined under "be Audi/be Audi 5000/be 5000: v. to be leaving immediately. I'm Audi." The reference, obviously, is to the car, which sounds like "outie."
Use it in a sentence: Both Cher and Tai exit scenes by announcing, "I'm Audi."
https://books.google.com/books?id=hU8RCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=clueless+audi+or+outie&source=bl&ots=dypQO1zlh-&sig=8No8sPNOlfY0IvCo_fxJfnPEwoY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN8oH93brJAhWIQyYKHalmBMI4ChDoAQgtMAQ#v=onepage&q=clueless%20audi%20or%20outie&f=false
Actually the term "Audi 5000" was used in hip hop culture since the very early 90s. Referring to the fact that one is 'jetting' or leaving the area quickly.
Another one which is still used, although not as much nowadays, is "I'm ghost" or "I'm Swayze". These refer to Patrick Swayze's big film of the time, Ghost.
I was definitely "I'm Audi", after the car.
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