TIL that the earliest instance of referring to someone as "toast" to mean doomed was a line that Bill Murray ad-libbed in Ghostbusters
TIL that the earliest instance of referring to someone as "toast" to mean doomed was a line that Bill Murray ad-libbed in Ghostbusters
www.giantfreakinrobot.com How Bill Murray In Ghostbusters Changed The English Language Forever
When he starred in Ghostbusters, Bill Murray didn't just help make one of the funniest comedies ever, he changed the English language.
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Absolutely not true. We used that phrase as kids in the 60s.
10Did you document and publish your use of the phrase?
2If only they had smart phones back then, to have a record of teenage slang.
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It is hard to believe it’s not been around longer. Waiting for the Oxford English professor to show us when Shakespeare first used it
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