[Ads-l] Antedating of "Chill Out"

[Shapiro, Fred]

chill out, v. (OED 1983)

1979 Minneapolis Star 23 Nov. 15A (ProQuest)

The loudmouths chill out.  We always give them an opportunity to back down.

NOTE:  The speaker quoted here was the non-African-American Curtis Sliwa, but this term is generally considered to have originated in AAVE.

Fred Shapiro

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