“I do have to say, online shopping is so convenient now, I even get my groceries delivered now.”

“Yeah Dad, that’s way better than having to send a telegram to order a new divan from the Sears Roebuck Company catalog you were reading in the outhouse!”

“Wha… Again son I was born in the 60s.”

“Then they deliver the divan in a big wooden crate with you name painted on the side.”

“We had cardboard in the 60s.”

“And then grandpa was like ‘23 Skidoo! I also ordered us one of them new radio contraptions! It’s 200lbs and made with asbestos! We can listen to Benny Biggs and the Blue Jays now!’”

“Hey, we… well grandpa got all the asbestos out of the house by the time I was 10. Also that’s not a real band.”

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    23 skidoo

    The first meme of the 20th century? The first known usage is 1906.

    23 skidoo (phrase)

    23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase generally referring to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or taking advantage of a propitious opportunity to leave. Popularized during the early 20th century, the exact origin of the phrase is uncertain.

    23 skidoo has been described as “perhaps the first truly national fad expression and one of the most popular fad expressions to appear in the U.S”, to the extent that “Pennants and arm-bands at shore resorts, parks, and county fairs bore either [23] or the word ‘Skiddoo’.”

    “23 skidoo” combines two earlier expressions, “twenty-three” (1899) and “skidoo” (1901), both of which, independently and separately, referred to leaving, being kicked out, or the end of something. “23 skidoo” quickly became a popular catchphrase after its appearance in early 1906.