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use of "NOT": still fresh or played out?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:04 am
by bruiser
Does using the word "NOT" after a statement imply the user is stuck in the early 90's?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:15 am
by ru480s2
Fer Sure, Totally

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:57 am
by Frau_Blucher
No, it implies that people who think that this term only dates people to the early 90s are out of it as well! [;)]

I'd say early 80s was when this really caught on. Then in the mid 80s it kinda became cool to use it as a contraction, such as "sure I'm

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:20 am
by xtc-1957
NOT

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:30 am
by bruiser
f-you?
i must be the *height* of trendy then!

why, i just used it mere minutes ago!

[:D]

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:16 am
by human clone
Its as current as saying "smell you later" or "be there or be square"...

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:12 am
by ru480s2
WORD ta yo mama

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:21 am
by troy08
Or Generation Y's obsession with the word LIKE...

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:38 am
by ben_at_work
I still use not, though not as often as i used to. Just so long as they dont bring back the term "Happy Camper". My nightmare is an ugly chick chasing me wearing a fanny pack that has "Happy Camper" embroidered on it. [xx(]