[Shotimes] RE: Gen I vs. Gen II

[Don McKinnon (AST)]

Google is amazing...

"In the early 1920s America's youth decided that anything great or
gratifying was the cat's meow -- or the cat's pajamas or even the bee's
knees, phrases you can still hear on occasion. Cat meaning "a jazz man" or
"any man" soon began to creep into jazz lingo -- introduced, they say, by
the trumpeter and New Orleans native Louis Armstrong. It was combined with
hep (or hip) to produce hepcat in the 1930s. There are romantics who hope
that hepcat will turn out to be derived from the word hipikat, in the West
African language Wolof; hipikat means, roughly, "eyes open." The likelihood
that such a linguistic kinship exists, however, is vanishingly small.

Also see for common expressions http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/7608/

Don McKinnon
95 MTX - White/Mocha 85k miles
Stage 1 Power Package with Stage 1cams
Canyon Carver Road/Race Suspension
Quaife & HiRevs Competition Clutch



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 1:25 PM
To: 'George Fourchy'; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RE: Gen I vs. Gen II


The cat's pajama's too

BTW Kegel is an old man compared to me!

?!

:)

So what is the origin of these expressions anyway?

Ian



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of George Fourchy
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 1:25 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RE: Gen I vs. Gen II


On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:24:41 -0500, Dave Kegel wrote:

>Bah!  The newer starter design is the cat's meow.

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:00:36 -0400, Ian Fisher wrote:

>Yes! Someone else uses that expression too!

Me, once in a while...

I'm totally amazed to hear Kegel use it -- he's too young......LOL!

George
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