@Hypersapien to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 year agoTIL that the earliest instance of referring to someone as "toast" to mean doomed was a line that Bill Murray ad-libbed in Ghostbusterswww.giantfreakinrobot.commessage-square6arrow-up135arrow-down16
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the earliest instance of referring to someone as "toast" to mean doomed was a line that Bill Murray ad-libbed in Ghostbusterswww.giantfreakinrobot.com@Hypersapien to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square6
minus-square@WidowsFavoriteSonlinkEnglish22•1 year agoAbsolutely not true. We used that phrase as kids in the 60s.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoDid you document and publish your use of the phrase?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIf only they had smart phones back then, to have a record of teenage slang.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt is hard to believe it’s not been around longer. Waiting for the Oxford English professor to show us when Shakespeare first used it
Absolutely not true. We used that phrase as kids in the 60s.
Are you telling me someone would just…lie? On the internet?
Did you document and publish your use of the phrase?
If only they had smart phones back then, to have a record of teenage slang.
It is hard to believe it’s not been around longer. Waiting for the Oxford English professor to show us when Shakespeare first used it