It still is. And that’s cool.
I believe right arm was a twisting of right on, and farm out was a mangled far out.
All have mercifully been tanked. Which is a modified form of tinked. 
Precisely. Do you recall any other bastardizations of the lingo of the day?
Was “Harvey” a sub for “Heavy” anywhere else besides where I was in those days?
What about the durability of such things as:
– Peace
– Love
– Kumbaya
– Namaste
Never heard Harvey in that context.
The only other variation I remember offhand was, in Berkeley, CA, no less, at a “Free Love” meeting, where some stoned dude repeatedly used the phrase “It’s not my bank” as a hipper replacement for “It’s not my bag,” which means “It’s not what I do, enjoy doing or am qualified for.” Maybe have been hyper-local, however – it caught on with my friends, but I never heard it anywhere else or since.
I haven’t seen “The Running Man,” but that phrase isn’t listed on the
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(The Running Man (1987) - Quotes - IMDb) in the IMDb entry for that film. However, “I’d buy that for a dollar” was said pretty frequently in RoboCop (the 1987 version). It was a catch phrase spoken by a lecherous old character in a fictitious TV sitcom within the movie.
I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Wow… now I have a craving for a Walnetto, and I’ve never even had a Walnetto before. How come there aren’t any modern candy products that have walnuts in them? But that’s a question for another thread.
Heh, heh. (Beavis and Butthead)
“Jam’s on” ( said just before you shoulder-bump someone into the hallway wall between classes). – think “Roller Derby”.
“Plop-Plop Fizz Fizz”
On Friday’s, as I head out the door I express to everybody in cubeville… “Say goodnight Dick”. I’m sure some of my younger coworkers think I am just the grumpy old guy calling them a male body part.
Sometimes when people are discussing financial items I will express “There is always money in the banana stand”. Some get it, some don’t.
And of course… ruh-roh ! I use it whenever my coworker George comes into my cube. If he knows why, he doesn’t seem to appreciate it. All the more reason to continue doing it.
And in a meeting, if somebody comes up with a particularly silly idea I use “I don’t know Yogi, I don’t think mister Ranger’s gonna like this”.
It’s so much fun being the oldest person on the block.
Did you grow up in Cleveland?
Actually, many popular catchphrases from music-hall songs pre-dated G&S, such as
Not for Joe!
At’sa speecy spicy meatball!
Boss! (if it wasn’t groovy it could be boss)
Psychedelic!
“Awww, Jeez. I hate it when that happens.” Willie and Frankie, (Billy Crystal and Chris Guest) from SNL.
To which I always respond (in my best Yogi Bear voice) “Sca-rew Mr Ranger! Yeh-hey-hey-hee!” 
“Fuck You!” No, wait, that one’s timeless.
“I’ll swan!” Originally the slogan of Swan dishwashing liquid on old radio commercials, my grandmother in small-town Arkansas used to say it all the time, as did her cohorts. Used the same as “Well, I declare!” (Actually, I think I recall a thread that suggested the phrase might predate radio in the South, but the radio-commercial story is the one I’ve always heard.)
I don’t remember “Harvey” (though now I’m wishing I’d thought of it myself!), but we did quote “Heavy, heavy” from a commercial ca. 1971 for either coffee or aspirin, where the mother has to listen to the kids’ band perform a song with those lyrics.
There was also a comedy routine (Firesign Theater, maybe) where a square stage announcer tries to appeal to an audience of kids by saying “PeaceLoveDope! PeaceLoveDope!” My friends and I used that one quite a bit.
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How about “Out of state” in place of “out of sight”
How about a political catch phrase from the Watergate era: “at that point in time”
If “out of sight” is dying, it’s definitely from old age- the expression is used by characters in both Sister Carrie (1900) and Frank Norris’ McTeague (1899).
I recall something similar from the old Buck Rogers pilot. “I think there’s something wrong with your Funk and Wagnall’s.” – said of course to sound like he said a bad word. Is that how the source you heard it from did it?
“Look that up in your Funk & Wagnall’s” originated (so far as I know) with Laugh-In, which preceded the Buck Rogers TV show by at least a decade. Use of F&W there was probably intended to mark Buck as someone several centuries out-of-date.
Hey now!! :mad:
Don’t make me go all medieval on your ass!
“That’s right, you’re wrong!”
Wow - almost 150 posts, and no one’s mentioned “YaknowwhatImean, Vern?” yet!!
“Beats the hell out of me, Roy,” is another one I use all the time. (About 0:37 here.)
“Boy, I say, I say, boy…”
“That’s a joke, son.” (Foghorn Leghorn)
Come oooooooooooooon down! (The Price Is Right)
“Here I come, to save the day!” (Mighty Mouse)