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03/26/24 Grif.Net – Boomer-Speak and Slang (part 2)

03/26/24 Grif.Net – Boomer-Speak and Slang (part 2)

11. IN A PICKLE

(tricky predicam=
ent, from canning cucumbers in bitter brine)

 

12. CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NE=
W TRICKS

(old idiom about difficulty learnin=
g new skills or methods, evident to Boomers in the technology of cell phone=
s, VCR’s, and computers)

 

13. LET’S SPLIT

(not a divorce but just desire to leave present situation)

 

14. EARLY BIRD CATC=
HES THE WORM

(get up and get going on the da=
y’s chores)

 

15.TURN THE DIAL

(change channel=
s on radio or TV which used to have dials but now almost all are digital wi=
th a button/click)

 

16. MIND YOUR P’s AND Q’s

(proper/orderly conduct or best behavior, an adage from typesetting =
where letters appear backwards and a mix up of p and q easy to happen)=

 

17. HANG U=
P (verb)

(end conversation or task, from the=
old telephones that you actually had to hang the receiver on the unit to d=
isconnect a call)

 

18. HANG UP (noun)

(leaves you h=
anging, like a call stopped abruptly, and you deal with serious self-image =
feelings)

 

19. CHROME DOME

(bald headed, a way of=
light-hearted teasing men whose hair joined the Air Force . . . and bailed=
out)

 

20, FAR OUT

(awesome, excellent, or unbeli=
evable, from the 60’s hippie culture)

 

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Dr Bob Griffin

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