Re: Fwd: Time Out Magazine

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

This dates back at least to the 1950s. We used it when I was in high school 
then in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (class of 1958). My memory is that it was picked up 
from line in a movie (maybe Marlon Brando in THE WILD ONE?), I can't be sure. 
My guess is that "Let's blow this [place]" (usually shortened to "Lets blow") 
came first.

It had noting whatever to do with oral sex, though of course the term 
BLOW-JOB and the insult BLOW ME! were very widely used in those days. 

Ron Butters
Professor of English and Cultural Anthropology
Duke University

[I'm in Australia today and will not be home until 14 July, so I'm not easy 
to reach by phone, but I will be checking my e-mail every day]

In a message dated 7/9/03 5:27:55 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PAD> anyone help with this?  I can figure it out to the extent that it
> would mean the same as "Let's blow this joint" (on the 'place', not
> 'special cigarette' sense of the object), but why pop stand, I can't
> guess.  I'm sure Time Out would be happy with any reply, and we'd all
> be happy to be apprised non-telephonically.  I assume a google search
> would be less desirable than first-hand encounters with pop stands
> and the blowing thereof.
> 
> larry
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> Prof. Horn,
> My name is Lulu Kalman and I am an intern at Time Out Magazine NY.
> For an upcoming article, I have been assigned, by my senior editor,
> to get in contact with a professor of linguistics and ask what the
> term  "let's blow this pop stand" means to them.
> If you are interested in responding, please call 212 539 4444 or
> email us at research at timeoutny.com.
> Thank you for you time. Cheers, Lulu Kalman
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