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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