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Post by Nonfatman on May 3, 2010 7:25:29 GMT -5
.......coin the phrase 'Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die,' or was that already a common expression?
This is something I've often wondered about. I'm pretty sure that he did coin it, but can this be documented?
And what about 'Living in the Past'? Is that Ian's, or was it already a common expression prior to 1970? My guess would be that it was already in usage, but I'm not completely sure.
Jeff
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Post by TM on May 3, 2010 13:16:31 GMT -5
Good questions. There are other words or phrases that I first heard from him, and then later on saw them used all over.
Paparazzi is one that comes to mind. Never heard that word used back in 1984. But now everyone knows all to well about the paparazzi.
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Post by Blue on May 8, 2010 13:23:39 GMT -5
Fellini .... 1960 .... La Dolce Vita ...... It caught on. Photographers on motor scooters hounding celebs in the way back ..... refers to the annoying sounds mosquitoes make .... much like motor scooters and camera motors...........
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Post by Sharkdaniel on Jul 19, 2010 22:53:53 GMT -5
This you might know, but personally I recently heard somewhere that Thick as a Brick was an english common concept, refering to what you would call "full of shit". Didn´t know that!
Shark
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Post by Geoff CB on Oct 11, 2010 9:02:53 GMT -5
...And I just found out that "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs" is a saying that refers to surprise, as in "I need to go down to the outside toilet at the foot of our stairs in a hurry as I've s**t myself with surprise!"
Geoff
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