Scott;
Words go in & out of fashion just like clothes & haircuts. "Cool" was in
our vocabulary when I was in high school. (Frankfurt American High
School Class of 1957) and eventually faded out until a few years ago
when it came back into use.
I think the word "cool" was used back in the late '30s & '40s by jazz
musicians.
Now wait for "bitchin" to make a comeback.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Scott Cowle
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:23 AM
To: ECTALSR@yahoogroups.com
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [ECTALSR] "Fender Skirts"
Another word I used as a kid that is so uncool today is " neat" as in
that's neat- for some reason it used to rile my Dad. Did anyone ever
really
say "gee whiz" or was that only on Father Knows Best. One of my
favourite TV
stations is DajaView because I get to see all the old shows with brand
new
cars in them. One episode of Dragnet 1970 had a 70 big block Challenger,
a
big block Mustang GT 500, and a big block Chevelle- too cool.Also saw an
episode of Car 54- hilarious!
Scott
At 09:28 PM 6/10/2004 EDT, you wrote:
>"Fender skirts!" What a great blast from the
>past! I hadn't thought about fender skirts in years. When I was a kid,
I
>considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress.
>
>Thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that
>quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice.
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