September 19, 2002

5:51 AM

Have you got your boots on, Jack? Do you collar this jive? Listen all you righteous cats and canaries, it's copacetic. Don't be a hincty Jeff. Put on your cogs, get in there and focus on how to speak hip so you can dig what I am laying my racket about.
posted by madamjujujive (12 comments total)

In a similar vein.
posted by MrBaliHai at 5:53 AM on September 19, 2002

*frisking my whiskers*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:10 AM on September 19, 2002

*frisking Miguel's whiskers*
posted by gleuschk at 6:24 AM on September 19, 2002

Chill, Gates, I'm hep to that. Gotta go get my zoot suit with the reet pleat outta hock so I can scalp a carpet with my toots tonight. On the flip side, Jack!
posted by briank at 6:37 AM on September 19, 2002

That's a hard link you posted, madamjujujive, thanks.
posted by GriffX at 7:55 AM on September 19, 2002

I'm bushed with all these Americanisms. When are you drongos going to get a good fist of some fair dinkum yack. Have a Captain Cook at this.
posted by bramoire at 8:31 AM on September 19, 2002

Can't find drongo in the list. Guess I'll just put up my Dutch pegs and have a Germaine Greer.
posted by ginz at 8:39 AM on September 19, 2002

Ah, just found the drongo :D
posted by ginz at 8:43 AM on September 19, 2002

dig what I am laying my racket about.

The non-use of a contraction here strikes me as pretty square...
posted by interrobang at 8:50 AM on September 19, 2002

...but the hip misspelling of copasetic with a k makes up for it.
posted by liam at 9:11 AM on September 19, 2002

wow. i know a couple of people who might kill for that vinyl. hmm. maybe i'll toddle over to ebay.

great link. thanks.
posted by fishfucker at 10:09 AM on September 19, 2002

Best use of "jive" or "hep talk" occurred in the amazing 1980 movie "Airplane!" And using Barbara Billingsley as the foil...perfect.
posted by davidmsc at 7:08 PM on September 19, 2002