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A: Trent turned north off of Honolulu onto Glenwood.
B: The van's really booking.
Is there another meaning for 'booking'?
In this dialogue, the van is really going fast.
Maybe it means 'the van's ticketed'?
meaning
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A: Trent turned north off of Honolulu onto Glenwood.
B: The van's really booking.
Is there another meaning for 'booking'?
In this dialogue, the van is really going fast.
Maybe it means 'the van's ticketed'?
meaning
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
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Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
7
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
1
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago
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A: Trent turned north off of Honolulu onto Glenwood.
B: The van's really booking.
Is there another meaning for 'booking'?
In this dialogue, the van is really going fast.
Maybe it means 'the van's ticketed'?
meaning
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
A: Trent turned north off of Honolulu onto Glenwood.
B: The van's really booking.
Is there another meaning for 'booking'?
In this dialogue, the van is really going fast.
Maybe it means 'the van's ticketed'?
meaning
meaning
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
edited 1 hour ago
Cascabel
8,42162957
8,42162957
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
asked 6 hours ago
LilyLily
61
61
Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
7
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
1
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
7
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
1
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago
Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
7
7
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
1
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
1
1
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago
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book
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
answered 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
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Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
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book
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
answered 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
8,42162957
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Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
add a comment |
book
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
answered 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
8,42162957
4
Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
add a comment |
book
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
answered 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
8,42162957
book
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
answered 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
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Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
add a comment |
4
Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
4
4
Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children.
– John Lawler
6 hours ago
2
2
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve)
– Carly
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"?
– Hot Licks
6 hours ago
Common sense says Hot Licks must be right!
– Tuffy
6 hours ago
7
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book".
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond.
– BoldBen
6 hours ago
1
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin'
– Jim
2 hours ago