Language Rant Part Deux

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, back starting in the late 50's, and on for several years "FI" was commonly referred to a "fuel injected". Now it usually means "forced induction", although turbochargers were available on some early 1960's cars......


humfrz

Turbo and superchargers were available on some 30s cars.
I bet you are still wonder why the term "24 skidoo" dropped out of use.

[krayzie]

3 pages and nobody mentioned the word Dope which now means awesome.

For example if you walk into your local Foot Locker and the sales kid sees your Jordans he might say: "Yo dawg those kicks are dope!"

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Turbo and superchargers were available on some 30s cars.
I bet you are still wonder why the term "24 skidoo" dropped out of use.

Yep, I should have qualified that ........ American production cars.

"24 skidoo" .......

https://soundcloud.com/anthony_donovan/24-skidoo

Yes, to "23 skidoo". I've skedaddled several times in my life ..... one reason I'm still alive .....


humfrz

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Dam that reminds.......

Dam (noun) : a body of water confined by a barrier.
Damn (interjection) : used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

"24 skidoo" .......

Those are Canadian skidoos. ...exchange rate and all.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Warm up lamp? You rich bastard. Many of my cars you didn't have to wait for the choke to open. You just thought "that is long enough" and pushed the knob back in.

Can you imagine the "forum" questions back then......

* where is the choke knob ..??

* when do I pull it out ..??

* how far do you pull it out ..??

* how long do I leave it pulled out ..??

* What will happen if I don't pull it out ..??

* I ordered a JDM choke knob, how do I install it .. ??

* I installed a short throw choke knob ....only have to pull it out half as far

* The choke knob pulled out all the way .....and there is a long wire hooked to it .... what should I do .. ??

* I forgot to push the choke back in after driving for several miles, did I do damage to my engine .. ??

* my manual choke is faster than your automatic choke


humfrz

[Captain Snooze]

I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned the word "cock".
As in "I love stroking my cock".

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Dam (noun) : a body of water confined by a barrier.
Damn (interjection) : used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust.

Oh, cut ol @krayzie some slack ...... he usually starts slurring his words about this time of night .....


humfrz

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

The engine is running, sure. You.. not so much.

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[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Warm up lamp? You rich bastard. Many of my cars you didn't have to wait for the choke to open. You just thought "that is long enough" and pushed the knob back in.

Our '82 Honda Accord didn't have a choke knob or lever that I can recall, just needed to wait for the WARM light to go off before pulling out.

Ricer Note: Before DOHC VTEC decals came about, all the cool Honda cars had 16 Valve PGM-FI decals on the doors.

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You are still applying your personal cultural acceptability to the use of words. I have used the term "rocking" something for over 40 years and see not a thing wrong with it even though you have now used it twice as an example of some horrid distortion of the language. In fact just a couple of days ago I said "I would rock that car" in a thread on this very forum. How is it acceptable to you that terms that came to use through jazz are fine but those that came from other sub cultures are all wrong? It is probably more related to your own participation in the Jazz sub culture than anything else.

Thanks for the thoughts, T. I purposely refrained from any reference to jazz lingo in my previous post, but rather just referenced the same original meanings of "cool" and "hot" that you did; I still see a distinction between their modern, still relatively accurate usage, and the usage of the other words that don't sit as well with me. A girl that is "hot" may not feel significantly warmer to the touch, but she may excite you, raise your temperature, and if she's aware of her hotness, she may end up manipulating you and "burning" you. Play it "cool".. expend less energy.. stay relaxed rather than tense.. conserve motion... morphing into another positive adjective that is applied to anything exhibiting qualities that are intriguing w/ maybe a little mystery involved. Something like that.

Taking your statement, "I would rock that car." What is meant by that? If you mean that, if you had access to it or owned it, you'd drive it so aggressively that you and the car would be on the edge your and its performance envelopes the majority of the time and that you'd be sweating bullets from exertion while doing so, then yeah, baby, you're rocking that car. If you mean that you like the car and wouldn't mind driving it to the grocery store, then I'm not sure "rock" makes as much, if any sense.

And, yes, whenever I see FI, I simply can NOT stop reading it as "Fuel Injection." I get that the world moves on and I don't. Doesn't mean I have to like it!

Best to you..

Barry

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

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Taking your statement, "I would rock that car." What is meant by that?...........

Cutting in here ....... I reckon what ol @Tcoat meant by "rocking a car" is that his cars usually had dead batteries, so, in order to start them, he had to "rock" them off of the wheel's flat spot, to get them rolling ...... then jump it, slam it in gear, pop the clutch .....and roar off .......


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Don't forget intentional misspellings in the age of internet memes.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Don't forget intentional misspellings in the age of internet memes.

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Maybe because of type size and space constraint ......?? .....



humfrz