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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 19:44:38 GMT
- Freedom fries - far out, out of sight - like wow man, can you relate? - Jive Turkey
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Post by autumn on Jul 4, 2020 19:53:40 GMT
-groovy -intense -can ya dig it? -flower power -commune
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 19:59:05 GMT
WWII expression. "Be like Dad, keep Mum."
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 4, 2020 20:16:08 GMT
-groovy -intense -can ya dig it? -flower power -commune "Groovy" was actually making a comeback in the mid-'60s, and dates to the Big Band Swing Era. Tommy Dorsey and Red Skelton can be heard using it in 1942's Ship Ahoy, among other examples of the time. "Dig it" dates to the same era. In 1940's Second Chorus, Fred Astaire performs a song Called "I Ain't Hep To That Step But I'll Dig it."
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Post by autumn on Jul 4, 2020 20:19:18 GMT
-groovy -intense -can ya dig it? -flower power -commune "Groovy" was actually making a comeback in the mid-'60s, and dates to the Big Band Swing Era. Tommy Dorsey and Red Skelton can be heard using it in 1942's Ship Ahoy, among other examples of the time. "Dig it" dates to the same era. In 1940's Second Chorus, Fred Astaire performs a song Called "I Ain't Hep To That Step But I'll Dig it." I often use dated expressions or even obscure terminology. I prefer to think it adds to my eclecticism.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 4, 2020 20:25:33 GMT
- Freedom fries - far out, out of sight - like wow man, can you relate? - Jive Turkey "I'll kiss you later, I'm eating a potater."
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 4, 2020 20:26:39 GMT
"Groovy" was actually making a comeback in the mid-'60s, and dates to the Big Band Swing Era. Tommy Dorsey and Red Skelton can be heard using it in 1942's Ship Ahoy, among other examples of the time. "Dig it" dates to the same era. In 1940's Second Chorus, Fred Astaire performs a song Called "I Ain't Hep To That Step But I'll Dig it." I often use dated expressions or even obscure terminology. I prefer to think it adds to my eclecticism. There's nothing like collecting eclecticism to cultivate compelling colloquy.
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Post by autumn on Jul 4, 2020 20:28:40 GMT
I often use dated expressions or even obscure terminology. I prefer to think it adds to my eclecticism. There's nothing like collecting eclecticism to cultivate compelling colloquy. I completely concur.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 4, 2020 20:32:23 GMT
"I'm sorry" "Excuse me" "May I help you with that ?"
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 20:33:02 GMT
One more "dig" expression is another WWII slogan --- "Dig for Victory"
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Post by Catman on Jul 4, 2020 20:33:16 GMT
fleering frump merry scoff privy nip open flout
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 4, 2020 20:35:24 GMT
Twenty Three skidoo
"23 skidoo," first attested in 1906, combines two earlier expressions, "twenty-three" (1899) and "skidoo" (1901), both of which, independently and separately, referred to leaving, being kicked out, or the end of something. "23 skidoo" quickly became a popular catch-phrase after its first appearance in early 1906.
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 20:38:47 GMT
Americans probably wouldn't know this one. It was made famous in a 1940/50s radio show called ITMA (Its That Man Again), and widely used in the UK at the time...
"T.T.F.N." meaning "Ta-ta for now" (or au revoir)
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Update -- slight mistake. The last show was in 1949. (see below).
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 4, 2020 21:35:08 GMT
Americans probably wouldn't know this one. It was made famous in a 1940/50s radio show called ITMA (Its That Man Again), and widely used in the UK at the time... "T.T.F.N." meaning "Ta-ta for now" (or au revoir) I'm glad you brought that up. "It's that man again" is a phrase I've heard in numerous films back to the early '30s. Apparently, some kind of catch phrase, but I've always wondered about its origin and/or to what it relates. An ad slogan, perhaps?
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 21:48:20 GMT
Doghouse6 -- "It's that man again" is not a catch phrase, nor an ad-slogan. The BBC has never done commercial ads. Still doesn't. Revenue comes from public licence fees. Not sure where the phrase comes from. I suspect simply a line of the theme song.
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 4, 2020 21:59:03 GMT
Bring out your dead! Stand and deliver!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 4, 2020 22:04:03 GMT
Doghouse6 -- "It's that man again" is not a catch phrase. Not sure where it comes from. I suspect simply a line of the theme song. As I say, its use predates the radio show. I've heard it in many U.S. films, at least as far back as early 1934, so the show or its theme song couldn't have been the origin. Ah well, some little mysteries never get solved.
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 22:07:25 GMT
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Post by someguy on Jul 4, 2020 22:15:04 GMT
Hunky Dory Bah Humbug Ainβt worth a plugged nickel
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Post by alfromni on Jul 4, 2020 22:29:35 GMT
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