it WAS brought back by non other than
Glen B. himself
Joe :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <ECTALSR@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 8:55 AM
Subject: RE: [ECTALSR] "Fender Skirts"
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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