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Sunday, January 24. 2010

I recently heard a friend use the term "NOCD." It was a blast from the pre-PC past - from my parents' generation.

If you do not know what it means, it is a parental admonition regarding friends and dates: "Not our class, dear."

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:12 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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And so, which class would that be?

Sounds like a nasty, stinky, skanky, old bat who should stay well out of the sun.

#1 Hohenheim on 2010-01-25 01:16 (Reply)

Along the same lines, from years ago, my mother, on hearing I was invited to a fellow fifth grader's birthday party, to be held at a bowling alley: "We do not bowl."

#2 Pete on 2010-01-25 10:11 (Reply)

I used to hear NOKD; "Not our kind, dear." My dad was an old line WASP. One time in the '70's I asked him why he still bought Buicks, and not a Mercedes or BMW which he could easily afford. His reply was that they were too "ethnic" for him. Read, "Jewish."

#3 bigjay on 2010-01-25 10:45 (Reply)

The Snobby Brits of older generations would say: NQOTD. "Not quite our type, dear." Brits always sound more snobby than the colonists. They even spoke IM-ese in those days.... code is code, nothing new under the sun.

#4 greenmtnpunter on 2010-01-25 13:44 (Reply)

I never heard anything like this until I met my husband. His family were ethnic and class-conscious snobs--not that they had much to be snobbish about. As I visited my husbands relatives back East I soon realized that it is a different world than the midwest. I prefer the midwest.

#5 Kathi on 2010-01-25 17:06 (Reply)

I've never heard of any of those terms...guess I be NOCD.lol.
Hold my beer and watch this!

#6 RickTn on 2010-01-25 17:50 (Reply)

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