One of my absolute favorite things about 82’ is how they’ll suddenly take up user phrases that seem so out of place in their world. It’s probably another instance of mirroring or the “spirit” of their user shining through.
“So long sucker!”
“Who are these weirdos?”
I like to think later on Flynn’s influence shines through as he quips and mumbles to himself the whole time. Someone at Encom just boots up at their computer and it starts talking back in modern (for 82) slang.
“Location query”
“I’m like, totally here”
Ram doesn’t know why he said “put a cork in it” he has never seen or heard of a cork
Maybe it’s like the aliens in Doctor Who…
they’re actually speaking some computer language of their own creation, but the System is translating it into Flynn’s head in terms he can understand