American television has produced some of the world’s most bizarre and eccentric personalities. Sometimes when you’re watching a television show, you can’t help but wonder what the writers were smoking when they created a character that defies all logic and human imagination. Most are quite lovable and have become permanent fixtures in the public imagination, while others are at times downright insane to the point of being creepy. Here are some of television’s most notably strange and peculiar characters that we’ve grown up watching and continue to do so today.

Comedy Central’s bawdy animated show South Park about a group of boys growing up in a small Colorado town comes from the minds of perpetual children Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Through the years the duo has harnessed their creation into a multimillion-dollar empire. But any linguist will tell you, that’s the least of what they’ve done. Since its debut in 1997, South Park has contributed greatly to the American lexicon. Read on as we introduce you to the best 10 South Park slang terms of the last 13 years.

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