Timeline for What could I say instead of "raise the roof"?
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| Aug 28, 2011 at 6:49 | comment | added | PLL | It may be antiquated as a hip-hop dance move or as particularly trendy slang, but in a wider context, I’d have thought it’s still fine — it’s been around for well over a century, and while it peaked in about the fifties (according to Google Ngrams), it’s still been in steady usage ever since. Fads go out of date quickly, but to me, it doesn’t sound either like trendy slang or un-trendy slang; it’s just a well-known phrase. | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 7:09 | comment | added | language hacker | I really can't think of any specific phrases that are quite as good as this though. | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 7:06 | comment | added | Jeremy | @language hacker Like all slang, it can be used ironically among a pretty nerdy group of friends. That's all I can think of. | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 7:04 | comment | added | language hacker | Are there some cases where saying it wouldn't be lame? | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 6:48 | history | answered | Jeremy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |