"Same Old Same Old"

Tom Dalzell slangman at PACBELL.NET
Sat Feb 9 15:32:44 UTC 2008


The earliest that I have is from Ghetto Sketches by Odie Hawkins (1972).

I'm sure others have earlier.

Tom Dalzell

Shapiro, Fred wrote:

>Jesse, does the OED have any citations for the expression "same old same old," and, if so, what is the earliest?  If anyone else has any evidence for this, I would be interested in the earliest citation.
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>Fred Shapiro
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