Sunday, October 18, 2009

Peace Out - where did the phrase come from?

Do your teens and twenty-something children like this slang term? Well, my older children do. I got to wondering - how did it get started?



It's a friendly way of saying "goodbye" or "see you later, friends."

For example: "Peace out, guys. I'm going home."


The etymology of the word is kind of interesting. According to the English Daily website,
"'Peace' started being used as a greeting in the 1960s." (Although those of us who are Catholics know that the exchange of peace goes way back.) "'Out' comes from a standard way of finishing a conversation on a two-way radio. (Okay, that makes sense.)

Next time they lay that on you, why don't you have a come back that's even cooler?



"Peace out," they say.



Your reply: "Peace of Christ to you."

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2 comments:

  1. Just letting you know. "over and out is a very wrong termination for ending a radio call. "Over" means that you are waiting for a reply and "Out" means you are ending your call/convo. Also great historical background on the term peace out.

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