Talkin' Trash

[Baker, John]

        Yes, and I even participated in that discussion, which had totally slipped my mind.  This 1946 use does seem to be an antedate, unless we accept Barry's 1869 use from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:  "If we began to excuse and scrutinise the trash that is talked in political meetings . . . ."

John Baker


-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Sheidlower [mailto:jester at PANIX.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:01 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Talkin' Trash


On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:01:09PM -0400, Baker, John wrote:
>
> Merriam-Webster has 1981 for trash talk, but how old is
>talkin(g) trash?  Here's a 1946 use in the song "Let the Good
>Times Roll," by Fleecie Moore and Sam Theard.  This is my
>transcription from the 6-26-46 recording by Louis Jordan:

When we discussed it here most recently I think 1947
in the New York Times was the best anyone could come up
with.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED