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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 3:38pm

 Inamorato wrote:

Also from "No Milk Today"...

How could they know a palace there had been 
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen 

Maybe they were Hermits because they didn't need women hanging around. 

 
A head of their time...
 
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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 3:21pm

 manbirdexperiment wrote:

Listening to the No Milk Today (1967) by Herman's Hermit's this morning. Talk about evolving language...

The company was gay, we'd turn night into day  
...

 

Also from "No Milk Today"...

How could they know a palace there had been 
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen 

Maybe they were Hermits because they didn't need women hanging around. 


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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 3:07pm

 Inamorato wrote:

make loveThe original meaning was "to woo or court" but changed into a genteel expression for sexual intercourse. This makes for some unintentional humor when hearing old movie dialogue. Simlarly, the 1960 movie with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand, Let's Make Love, was not a bedroom farce.

1960...

1970...

 
Listening to the No Milk Today (1967) by Herman's Hermit's this morning. Talk about evolving language...

The company was gay, we'd turn night into day  

and I kept hearing terrorist house ...

A terraced house in a mean street back of town  



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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 2:59pm

make loveThe original meaning was "to woo or court" but changed into a genteel expression for sexual intercourse. This makes for some unintentional humor when hearing old movie dialogue. Similarly, the 1960 movie with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand, Let's Make Love, was not a bedroom farce.

1960...

1970...


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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 8:50am

 oldslabsides wrote:
I'm tired of hearing "prodigal" being used to mean "wandering, given to running away or leaving and returning."  The parable in the book of Luke tells of a son who squanders his father's money.  Prodigal means "recklessly wasteful or extravagant."  And if you say popular usage has changed that, I say, fuck popular usage!

~ George Carlin

 

Looks like George needs a rest
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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 8:46am

I'm tired of hearing "prodigal" being used to mean "wandering, given to running away or leaving and returning."  The parable in the book of Luke tells of a son who squanders his father's money.  Prodigal means "recklessly wasteful or extravagant."  And if you say popular usage has changed that, I say, fuck popular usage!

~ George Carlin
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Posted: Feb 7, 2009 - 8:41am

 Inamorato wrote:
VD - It used to stand for venereal disease. Now it's widely understood to mean Valentine's Day. 

 
Try not to get VD on VD!

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Posted: Feb 6, 2009 - 7:03pm

 Mugro wrote:

How about the word "gay" ?? It used to mean "happy". Now it is used to describe someone who is homosexual.
 

Being a "gay slut" used to mean that you had bad personal hygiene, but were a lot of fun to be around nevertheless. Ah, the 17th century!
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Posted: Feb 6, 2009 - 4:30pm

{#Heartkiss} Inamorato wrote:
VD - It used to stand for venereal disease. Now it's widely understood to mean Valentine's Day. 

 

{#Lol}{#Daisy}
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Posted: Feb 6, 2009 - 9:20am

VD - It used to stand for venereal disease. Now it's widely understood to mean Valentine's Day. 
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