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I remember my father saying that it was in use when he was in school,
post-wwI; we used it the same way as kids in the 50s, and so it
continues in use to today.
As an exclamation or intensifier before 1918, I don't know, but i think
it's coincidentally a shared term English/Spanish rather than one resulting
from Spanish influence on English usage.
I'd be surprised if it couldn't be found somewhere in Shakespeare, at least;
might be as old as the English language...?
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Last edited by hermit; May 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM.
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