58 years old, Maryland for the first 46, Ohio since then. It’s a very familiar phrase from my youth. I have heard it in Ohio as well.
Same here. Going by your username, we were probably born in the same year: 1974.
Mmmm, insect gravy.
Use it almost daily. New York Stater.
I suspect this is a generational thing. I wonder what generation those that know it vs. those that don’t?
Late 40’s, from CA and NY mainly - known it my whole life, don’t know if I used it. I think of it as a 40’s or 50’s phrase, like daddy-o or something…
I’m mid-thirties, from the Midwest, and I’ve heard it my whole life, and have probably used it, but it does strike me as something I’m not hearing that often now.
Band name!
Yip. Born 27 years ago here in northern Arkansas. Though I’d tend to associate it with old folks’ language.
I use it all the time. If someone hasn’t heard it before they can like it or they can lump it. I don’t care.
TN, never heard it.
Mid 30s, Pacific Northwest.
I know what it means, but I think that’s from reading it. I’m not sure I hear people use it very much. I don’t think it’s very common.
35, grew up in western WI, now live in MN, and I’m pretty familiar with it. I couldn’t say how much I actually hear it used, however. I know I’ve said it myself, but not recently.
Upper midwest, heard the phrase all my life (late 1950’s onward.)
Me too. I associate it with recess negotiations.
“I don’t wanna play right field again.”
“Like it or lump it.”
I don’t think I’ve heard it in a while.
Well, at least I’m not completely alone. But it does make me wonder how I’ve managed to miss it all my life. And I assumed from context that it was equivalent to “like it or leave it” initially.
Know it and use it. Mid 40s, lived in Washington State my whole life.
50 and lived most of my life in PA. Familiar with it.
Dutch but lived in England and Ireland. Know it and am surprised some people don’t.
Los Angeles native, and know it. But I’ve picked up a lot of expressions from my midwestern grandfolks.