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After weeks of intense testimony and heartfelt debate, the Milwaukee Common Council came to a controversial decision Friday, announcing that the now-ubiquitous Bud Light catchphrase "Dilly dilly" will be henceforth considered obscenity by law. The bill now awaits Mayor Tom Barrett's signature, which is expected sometime Monday afternoon.

"People are going to look at this as a Miller beer city being petty toward its biggest rival, but this is just common sense for anyone with ears," said Common Council president Ashanti Hamilton. "It's just too annoying – and for the sake of the public health and good, we have to put it to an end.

"Honestly, it's bad enough that we allow people to drink the stuff."

Those in favor of the ban argue that the catchphrase – started as part of Bud Light's television ad campaign last year – causes violent outbursts from people overhearing it in bars or from others using it.

"At a recent wedding, I made a simple joke toast of dil-, I mean, the phrase, and all of a sudden, everyone was mauling me," said Chad Greenway, 36, who started the Facebook group "DEATH TO DILLY DILLY." "The bride almost crushed me with a giant ice sculpture of their initials. This needs to end.

"If the whole state of Minnesota can ban that Arie douche from the last season of 'The Bachelor,' I think we can ban this simple, stupid phrase."

Supporters of the ban were joined by a surprising face Friday: David Terrance, the actor who played the jovial court servant who originally coined the catchphrase in the Bud Light commercial.

"Listen, I can't be the Dilly Dilly Guy for my entire career," Terrance told reporters. "I studied at Tisch School of the Arts and played King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company. I have so many student loans – and, sure, Bud Light ads could pay that off, but is it worth selling your soul to the dilly dilly?"

Those in favor of the controversial catchphrase, however, are refusing to accept this defeat laying down. Brayton Allen II and the rest of the Marquette Alpha Sigma Sigma fraternity, for instance, were seen protesting outside City Hall throughout the deliberations, dressed as the Bud Knight and holding signs saying, "First amendment rights, brah," and "Defend Dilly Dilly, dudes."

"It's, like, when I'm chilling with my bros, Z-man, Jimothy and Festerman, I want to make them laugh," said Allen, in between defiant keg stands. "'Dilly dilly' came at just the right time for me, right when I'd used up all my quotes from 'Deadpool' and 'Old School.'"

He then gave the rest of his interview to OnMilwaukee in a Borat voice.

As expected, the American Civil Liberties Union released a statement shortly after the Common Council's decision – though in favor of the ban.

"Honestly, I think we can push aside first amendment rights and the importance of freedom of speech in the case of 'dilly dilly,'" said ACLU President Keith Frinkus in a statement. "At least that Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial had the decency to remove itself from air after, like, an hour. These guys just doubled down on it."

Even Anheuser-Busch seems to have accepted defeat when it comes to Dilly Dilly, releasing a statement today saying that the phrase "had a good run."

"Frankly, between 'wazzzzzzap' and the Budweiser frogs, I'm amazed this hasn't happened more often in the past," said Anheuser-Busch spokesman Fred Taft.

The legal ramifications are not completely wrapped up, as representatives from Dairy Queen and the pickle industry are expected to arrive in Milwaukee this week to discuss what the Council's ruling means for both Dilly bars and dill pickles in the county.

Meanwhile, the current law states that anyone caught uttering the infamous phrase will be sentenced to drinking a Bud Light Lime-A-Rita and a $50 fine. Repeat offenders will be forced to swallow a full Bud Light & Clamato Chelada.