Phrases & SayingsYouth, popular and digital culture
it's the vibe
Also: it is the vibe
A comic formula for an intuitive, hard-to-articulate justification.
In a sentence
I can’t explain why it works; it’s the vibe.
Where it came from
The phrase comes from The Castle and became a widely recognised Australian catchphrase beyond the film.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australia-wide