klick

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Sep 7 13:01:19 UTC 2005


On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:03:38AM -0500, Mullins, Bill wrote:
> klick [kilometer] OED has 1967.
>
> "New Slang Evolves in Viet Nam War", Hal Boyle (AP), Dallas Morning News,
> June 12 1965 sec A p. 12
> "But no one calls a kilometer a kilometer.  It's a "click". "

HDAS has 1962 (in a Vietnam context).

Jesse Sheidlower
OED



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