Mashing

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And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox.

There have been many occurrences of Mashing Go/Play throughout the Homestar Runner body of work. This phrase generally replaces the term "push" or "press" in relation to a button. In the southern United States (e.g. Georgia, home of The Brothers Chaps), "mash" is a common dialect term, so although it has appeared several times in the H*R universe, TBC might not originally have intended for it to become a recurring theme, as they were probably accustomed to the term.

Appearances

• Debut: Email 1 step ahead — "Mash spacebar" to peg Strong Sad
• Everybody Knows It — "Mash play on that jambox."
• Email flashback — "And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox..."
• The introduction to Disk One of strongbad_email.exe — "Make your selection and mash GO, moron!"
• Email alternate universe — "Mash go on that blender!"
• Email senior prom — "...when I mash go on it, everybody's pants will POOF AWAY!"
• Weclome Back — "...when I mash record on that camera...", then later "...Mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop..."
• Marshmallow's Last Stand commentary — "Pom Pom hit 'mash play' on the... jambox."
• Blue Laserdisc Challenge — "Take control of Blue Laser Commander by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing style."
• Viidelectrix version of Duck Guardian One — "Point hereabouts and mash A to start."
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — Tompkins presses buttons on his Game Boy; as he does, the word "m.a.s.h." appears intermittently.