Some outdated words wind up coming back in cheeky and ironic ways. For example, kids these days likely know groovy from Austin Powers, not from the flower children. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Outdated Word Comebacks”
Grant, speaking of expressions that seem dated, how about out of sight, man?
That is so old.
That is so old.
It’s back there with groovy.
It’s no longer groovy.
But you know, I say groovy sometimes.
Do you?
I’m conscious of the fact that it’s really before my time.
Right.
By the time I learned groovy, it was already old-fashioned.
Yeah.
And for a lot of people, they learned it from the Austin Powers movies anyway.
Right.
Or else they were reintroduced to it through the Austin Powers movies.
Yes.
But it’s funny when people don’t realize that it’s being reintroduced.
You know, they’ll hear a new song and think it’s a brand new song and it happens to be a cover of the Beatles or something.
Yeah, yeah.
I’ve heard people cover Beach Boys songs in a modern way and then people hear the Beach Boys version and they’re like, well, why are these guys covering this song?
No, they were the first.
They were there.
Brian Wilson did that a long time ago when you were not even thought of.
Your parents were still in high school.
Give us your examples of things that you’ve said that suddenly date you or things that you hear your parents say and you realize, they are from a different generation.
