10. The Meaning Of John McClane's Catchphrase

Everyone knows John McClane's catchphrase: "Yipee-Ki-Yay Mother - " etc. It's perhaps one of the most famous and instantly recognisable of catchphrases in the action genre and for three films Bruce Willis hollered it loudly and proudly in the heat of battle, until a low certificate rating for Die Hard 4.0 and the upcoming A Good Day To Die Hard meant that it lost much of its potency - muffled by a gunshot and censored from young ears. But what on earth does it even mean? Okay, we can make a good guess about the last two words, but where did "Yipee-Ki Yay" come from? Well, it actually translates in Urdu to "here eat this." And now you know.