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03/27/24 Grif.Net – Boomer-Speak and Slang (part 3)

03/27/24 Grif.Net – Boomer-Speak and Slang (part 3)

21. CHECK OUT THESE THREADS

(stylish clothing, that are “fit”=
)

 

22. TIME FOR A WIG CHOP

(Hairc=
ut – don’t flip your wig over that!)

 

23. FRIED

=

(burned out from too much stress, work, alcohol, or your expensiv=
e laptop isn’t working)

 

24. CATCH SOME =
Z’s

(need sleep, sinc=
e “zzzz” is literary shorthand for snoring)

 

25. OFF THE HOOK

(=
dual meaning from a fish wiggling out of the lure, but also not hanging up =
the phone and no communication/thought, often of an idea that is “way=
out” of “off the wall”)

 

26. CAN’T HAVE =
YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO

(can’t have e=
verything and learn compromise and priority, about trade-offs we regularly =
must make in life)

 

27. DROPPED A DIME

(made a phon=
e call, from common cost of a pay-phone booth)

 

28. DON’T FLIP YOUR WIG=

(calm down after they are acting up; originated =
with bowing so low to superior that the wig would come loose)

 

29=
=2E DON’T BE SQUARE

(=
boring or not “cool”, like a square peg in a round hole)

 

30. THONGS

(Beach footwear, NOT intimat=
e clothing, called flip-flops later for the sound they make slapping agains=
t skin)

 

~~

D=
r Bob Griffin

[email protected] www.grif.net

"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!&quo=
t;

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