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Goodbye!" to the same tune at the end of their 1937 movie O-Kay for Sound. [22] R&B singer and bandleader Dave Bartholomew used the phrase on two of his recordings: "Country Boy" (1950) at the very end, and the original version of "My Ding-a-Ling" (1952) as a figure introducing each verse. [23] [better source needed]
[2]: 13 This is similar to the use popularized in the 1950s of gee whiz as an oath for Jesus' wisdom. [13] [14] In modern times, the gang members in the musical West Side Story talk in an invented 1950s-style slang that includes several minced oaths. At the end of the "Jet Song," they sing "We're gonna beat / Every last buggin' gang / On the ...
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.253.44.60 15:56, 26 December 2016 (UTC) Tara is basically British slang for goodbye Watch the film "A Taste of Honey" sometime 1961 UK B&W film - the term "tara" is used over and over as "so long" or "bye" - the first time I have ever heard the term and hence my visit to this article.
In Internet slang, DH is an abbreviation for dear husband; it is commonly used by women on certain forums to refer to their husbands. Similarly, DD means dear daughter and DS means dear son . The Oxford Dictionary of English dates the origin of DH to the 1990s. [ 1 ]
British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates. It is also used in the United States to a limited extent.
The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. [1]
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The word houdoe also bears resemblance to the Swedish greeting to say goodbye, hej då. Contrary to a popular assumption, houdoe has not been derived from the English language short sentence How do you do?. There are a few (mostly local) variations to houdoe, like hoedoe and haje, but houdoe is the prominently used one.