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I chuckled at the retro colloquialism "thats booking it". Which was current in probably the late 70's early 80s of the last century. That said, given the time
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
I chuckled at the retro colloquialism "thats booking it". Which was current in probably the late 70's early 80s of the last century.
That said, given the time dilation, one wonders if LIGO could pull out the orbit from enough samples.
- hellofunk 6y agoI hear that phrase still today , often enough that I’d consider it current.
- ChuckMcM 6y agoWow, that's wicked cool :-) Is there a particular group associated with it these days? Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars. I wonder what the linguistic definition of a colloquialism's lifetime is, or if there even is one.
- cryptoz 6y agoI say both wicked cool and booking it, FWIW. Mid-30s and not sure what group I might be associated with. I guess some people would call me a hipster maybe. Haven't owned a car yet.
- hellofunk 6y ago> Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars. I’m not sure where you’re from, but this is just simply not correct. I have never been in that group and I know lots of people who regularly use that phrase. It’s a fundamental colloquialism.