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I chuckled at the retro colloquialism "thats booking it". Which was current in probably the late 70's early 80s of the last century.

That said, given the time dilation, one wonders if LIGO could pull out the orbit from enough samples.



I hear that phrase still today , often enough that I’d consider it current.


Wow, that's wicked cool :-)

Is there a particular group associated with it these days? Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars. I wonder what the linguistic definition of a colloquialism's lifetime is, or if there even is one.


I say both wicked cool and booking it, FWIW. Mid-30s and not sure what group I might be associated with. I guess some people would call me a hipster maybe. Haven't owned a car yet.


> Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars.

I’m not sure where you’re from, but this is just simply not correct. I have never been in that group and I know lots of people who regularly use that phrase. It’s a fundamental colloquialism.




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