I have noticed more and more that people are talking about the jersey shore. They are saying things like "yeah he got snooked" to mean that someone got hit. It is in reference to when the character, Snookie, got punched in the face at a bar. People are also just using jersey lingo more than ever. When I was shopping in mandees yesterday I saw t-shirts about the jersey shore. They are everywhere! The show was obviously a hit if people are still talking about it and the season ended some time ago. Another thing people are waiting for is season 2. As much as they say "oh God i can't believe these people get a second season...that sucks" and similar statements, they would not be talking about it if they were not interested. That is exactly what MTV wanted; to cause controversy. They wanted people to love and to hate the characters of the show so it would give everyone something to talk about. I even hear teachers talking about the cast in the teachers lounge during lunch at my student teaching! Jersey shore is huge here, because we all live it, but even people hundreds of miles away are interested in it now! People are getting excited to get down the shore especially because we had such nice weather the past few days! So that is making people think of the show even more.
