Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
what are they?

I first heard this roughly half a century ago on an episode of I Love Lucy where the words were swell and lousy. I'm sure it's recorded somewhere in the Mahabharata, if not the Rig Veda.


And if not there then Aristotle said it for sure!

Nothing new under the sun. From time immemorial the words of 'young people these days' have got up the noses of their parents.