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R&B singer Trey Songz is seeking the immediate "cease and desist" of reality TV star Dave Hester's (of the A&E series "Storage Wars") use of the catchphrase "YUUUP."
According to reports, Hester was served a "cease and desist" from the singer's lawyer, ordering the immediately stop uttering the word during the show ... which he uses to bid on seized storage units.
Trey (real name: Tremaine Neverson) is also requesting that Hester stop selling merchandising that showcases the word as well.
In response, Hester filed a suit, arguing that he using the term in a distinct different way.
In court docs, Hester claims Songz' version "resembles an animal-like or non-human squeal which begins with a distinct 'yeeee' sound before finishing with a squeal-like 'uuuup' sound," which would make it "distinct and different from Hester's more monosyllabic sounding guttural auction bidding phrase ... which is meant to convey the meaning of 'yes.' "
Hester's suit seeks unspecified damages and a court order barring Songz from "interfering" with his use of "YUUUP!", which he trademarked in September.
― sandbox dmr, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
Seeing as we live here in OC my girlfriend and I have rather taken to this show. And my girlfriend would love nothing more than to see Hester get his.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
I'm thinking of copyrighting the word 'twat', so that whenever anyone discusses these two jokers I can claim a royalty.
― yes this is the real (snoball), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
"resembles an animal-like or non-human squeal which begins with a distinct 'yeeee' sound before finishing with a squeal-like 'uuuup' sound"
^^^^ my favorite bit
― sandbox dmr, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:46 (fourteen years ago)
I can't wait until every celebrity everywhere has a common word trademarked as their personal catchphrase so we all have to be extremely careful whenever we utter a sentence.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
the highlight of my phone interview with trey songz was when i referred to his other incoherent animal sound catchphrase (which sounds like "KUMURRRRRRR") as "come here" and he fastidiously noted that he's actually saying "come on"
― sockness, just sockness (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
"Use the Queen's English, I said 'come on.' Do you mock me, sir."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)
i honestly wonder if anyone else on earth has been exposed to enough of both storage wars and mmts's music to find this as amusing as i do
― sockness, just sockness (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
i honestly wonder if anyone else on earth has been exposed to enough of both storage wars and mmts's music to find this as amusing as i do
― sockness, just sockness (Mr. Stevenson #2), Wednesday, December 7, 2011 3:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
right here with you
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
i shouldn't say this so wantonly but this just might be my favorite news story of the year
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)