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Is it the general "algorithm" that's still in use? Or is it more like there's a collection of known slang phrases, that happened to have been generated that way
by losvedir 6y ago
Is it the general "algorithm" that's still in use? Or is it more like there's a collection of known slang phrases, that happened to have been generated that way in the past, that are known and used.
For example, what's the newest example in use? For that matter, do people still use it as sort of a "puzzle" for their friends? Or do they mostly use phrases that are known by all already?
- Daub 6y agoIt’s a mix of known terms and newly invented ones. Obscure cultural references are popular, whether recent or not. My favorite... Jecklls = trousers. Reasoning thusly: Jeckll from Jeckll and Hyde. Hyde rhymes with stride. Stride is Australian slang for trousers. I explained this to a linguist at my university and she was beyond ecstatic.
- devindotcom 6y agoThat's excellent. Also normally I wouldn't care but because it's your favorite and you will probably have occasion to write it out again, it's spelled Jekyll. :)
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- Jackypot 6y agoThere is 'Sherman' for an American which is Sherman Tank -> Yank. So that can only be WW2 onwards. And 'Ruby' for curry (Ruby Murray) is from the fifties. Those are the most recent I can think of.
- gerdesj 6y agoSeptic is the usual one for Yank. Sherman is too polite to be true. Besides, septics have been around far longer than WWII.
- noir_lord 6y agoPete tong. It’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. Radio DJ in the 1990s.
- gerdesj 6y agoDavina's - Davina McCall. eg kick 'im in the davina's. Often the Tong is dropped - It's all gone a bit pete or even s'gone peter
- opsunit 6y agoBritney Spears = Beers. Brad Pitt = Shit. "Get the Britneys in, I'll be back in a minute - I'm off for quick Brad".