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Two words of polite loathing: the whole Jerry and Newman feud in a greeting. Fans loved it so much that it followed Wayne Knight into real life; the wiki reports Jerry Seinfeld saying he is greeted that way everywhere he goes. It is the model for the cold, formal hello you give an enemy you cannot avoid.
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Jerry greets his neighbour Newman, the mailman played by Wayne Knight, with a flat "Hello, Newman", the greeting of two men who cannot stand each other. The fandom wiki records the first one in "The Suicide" (season 3, first aired January 29, 1992), the episode that also marks Newman's first on-screen appearance. In it Jerry fears Newman has seen him with a girlfriend he is hiding from his friend Martin, and tries to buy his silence with a coffee cake. The exchange then returns whenever Jerry meets his nemesis.
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- Seinfeld Wiki: The SuicidePlot and Notes About NothingReference checked
- Seinfeld Wiki: NewmanBackground and TriviaReference checked
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