Whatever happened to "Turkey"?
I've been watching a whole lot of 1970's TV shows lately, 'McCloud, Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Six Million Dollar Man' etc. I had forgotten how common the use of the term "Turkey" was back then, whatever happened to that? It was a lot nicer than it's modern day equivalent.
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You are right, the fourth doctor was the best doctor.Originally posted by 4thDoctor View Post
I do not know if there is a modern day equivalent to turkey. Turkey was probably lost because it is the name of a popular Thanksgiving meal and a country. Nerd was invented by "Happy Days" because Dork would not have passed the censors. Geek was originally used as a title for the fellow who would bite the heads off of chickens in traveling freak shows. -
Unfortunately, it would seem that the current counterpart to "turkey" is the highly vulgar M.F. word.I do not know if there is a modern day equivalent to turkey.sigpicAlthough bow ties are cool, the scarf is cooler!Comment
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You're questioning that slang changes over 2+ generations?
Are you also shocked when the sun comes up every day?"A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After LifeComment
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Yes. Its why I bow to it and send sacrifices so I will please it and it won't kill meOriginally posted by DigiFluid View PostOriginally posted by aretood2Comment
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You bet I am!You're questioning that slang changes over 2+ generations?sigpicAlthough bow ties are cool, the scarf is cooler!Comment
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I remember once in a grade-school German class when the teacher asked us what we ate on Thanksgiving that I said "Ich habe Türkei gegeßen" not realizing that German had different words for the name of the country and the meat we all love to eat on that holiday...she was like "You ate the country of Turkey for Thanksgiving? Just how hungry were you anyway?"
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I think the point he's trying to makes is that yes slang changes but not necessarily in a good wayOriginally posted by DigiFluid View PostComment
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Um okay...cultures change and meanings and words change just as cultures change when they are isolated from one anotherOriginally posted by 4thDoctor View PostOriginally posted by aretood2Comment
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Now don't you be all a crazy jive turkey here....Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
I recall using that one back in the day...I like Sharky
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