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Words and Phrases We Didn't Have Back Then ....

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  • #102
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    peoplekind - its more inclusive


  • #103
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    peoplekind - its more inclusive

    See video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsGW1Nlm3c


  • #104
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


    Sliced bread - 90 years ago
    Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". This led to the popular phrase "greatest thing since sliced bread".

    Led to origin of phrase "greatest thing since sliced bread"

    More info:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread


  • #105
    joeysoap
    Registered Users Posts: 6,254 ✭✭✭joeysoap


    Cabin crew ( previously hostesses)


  • #106
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


    Gravy train
    Any source of income that requires very little effort on your part can be called a gravy train, whether it's a cushy job or a shady moneymaking scheme. The phrase is American in origin, although it's equally popular today in Britain. In the United States in the 1920's, gravy train was a common slang expression among railroad workers, meaning "an easy, short haul that pays well."

    "Hop on the gravy train"

    The word gravy was much longer in existence and indicated a nice sauce to dress up meat and potatoes.

    https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/gravy%20train


  • #107
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


    Chillax
    Where did the term chillax come from originally?

    The term "Chillax" can be traced back as far back as 2001. A writer/comedian by the name of Las Visciedo claims to have coined this phrase after a spat with his then girl friend and then used later on stage during a performance. According to the story she hated it when he told her to "relax", in turn he corrected this behavior by then telling her to "chill". The new result seem to upset her even more which resulted in Laz finally telling her to "Chillax" Their relationship ended soon after. Laz is now on a world wide campaign to officially be recognized for coming up with the term.

    Read more:
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:chillax


  • #108
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


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    Chillaxing!


  • #109
    acai berry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭acai berry


    Clickbait


    Clickbait is a website link designed to entice users to go to a certain web-page or video.

    Click-bait headlines typically aim to exploit the "curiosity gap", providing just enough information to make readers of news websites curious, but not enough to satisfy their curiosity without clicking through to the linked content.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait


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