Ginchiest
derekl
determine if it even is a word first of all. Anyway, she got a message
from someone that concluded with:
You're the ginchiest.
So what we are wondering is what does ginchiest mean, and where does it
come from etc... I'm not sure this is the right newsgroup, and if it's
not could someone direct me to a better location.
Derek
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Richard Fontana
> I am trying to track down the meaning of a word for a friend, or
> determine if it even is a word first of all. Anyway, she got a message
> from someone that concluded with:
>
> You're the ginchiest.
>
> So what we are wondering is what does ginchiest mean, and where does it
> come from etc... I'm not sure this is the right newsgroup, and if it's
> not could someone direct me to a better location.
I've never heard it before, but there's lots of hits for it and "ginchy"
on Google, and fewer for "ginchier". It's not in MWCD10, so I suspect
it's recent slang. The web pages that use it seem to be mostly
American-authored and a bit on the juvenile side. It seems clear that
"ginchy" means something like "cool", "neat" or "nifty".
A website lists it as "roadie slang" (I think "roadie" there means
cyclist):
"ginchy -- A bike part that is new and pretty cool. "Nice ginchy stem!""
--
Richard
m.midorikawa
derekl wrote:
> I am trying to track down the meaning of a word for a friend,
> or determine if it even is a word first of all. Anyway, she got
> a message from someone that concluded with:
>
> You're the ginchiest.
>
> So what we are wondering is what does ginchiest mean, and
> where does it come from etc... I'm not sure this is the right
> newsgroup, and if it's not could someone direct me to a
> better location.
>
"Ginchy" is a slang word for "excellent; elegant; attractive; sexy."
Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens sang "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)"
(lyric by I. Taylor) in 1959.
Connie: Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
Edward: If you ever cut out, you might be a stray cat
'Cause when I'm flyin' solo, nowhere's we're on that!
C: Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb. Kookie, Kookie?
E: What's with this comb caper, baby? Why do you wanna latch up with my
comb?
C: I just want you to stop combing your hair...& kiss me. You're the
maximum utmost.
E: Well, I beans & I dreams goin', I'm movin' right now
'Cause that's the kind of scene that I dig...baby, you're the ginchiest!
Edd Byrnes played Gerald Lloyd Kookson III ("Kookie") in "77 Sunset Strip"
(ABC; October 1958 to September 1964).
m.midorikawa
m.midorikawa
http://www.tvparty.com/77.html
It says in parts:
“The role of Kookie went from killer to comedic buffoon and suddenly the
nation's teens all wanted to be like Kookie. Byrnes and Connie Stevens had a
huge hit song in 1958 with "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" (featured on
the second episode), and that single helped the television show reach number
6 in the Nielsen ratings by the end of the first year.”
“Kookie had his own way of walking and talking: ‘That chick's the ginchiest’
, ‘Let's peel from this gig’, and ‘I'm piling on some Z's’ were examples of
his fave phrases. It wasn't long before Edd Byrnes became a fixture in the
teen magazines of the day, helping '77 Sunset Strip' keep the sagging ABC
network afloat. It was one of few runaway hit shows the third place network
had, and ABC ordered as many clones as Warner Brothers could produce.”
m.midorikawa
Gwen Lenker
>I am trying to track down the meaning of a word for a friend, or
>determine if it even is a word first of all. Anyway, she got a message
>from someone that concluded with:
>
> You're the ginchiest.
>
>So what we are wondering is what does ginchiest mean, and where does it
>come from etc... I'm not sure this is the right newsgroup, and if it's
>not could someone direct me to a better location.
"Baby, you're the ginchiest!"
With "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)," Edd Byrnes and Connie
Stevens had a hit record (can't really call it a "song") in 1959.
Byrnes and Stevens were both working in Warner Brothers television
shows at the time, he as the hip-talking Kookie (Gerald Lloyd Kookson
III) in "77 Sunset Strip" and she as Cricket Blake in "Hawaiian Eye."
The record, which sold two million copies, served to promote both
series and to encourage the rapid adoption of several new slang
expressions, including the one quoted here.
Someone's attempt at transcribing the words can be found at:
http://summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/lyrics/k/kookie_kookie.txt
but I suspect a Mondegreen or two lurks among those lyrics.
There are a couple of places on the Web where you can listen to a
RealAudio rendition and try to figure out if Kookie really said
"flapsy-colored pen" or something else. Try:
http://www.glacierwa.com/Music/Kookie_Kookie_Lend_Me_Your_Comb.htm
or
http://www.wanderers.com/wanderer/crazy.html
Aaron J Dinkin
> A website lists it as "roadie slang" (I think "roadie" there means
> cyclist):
> "ginchy -- A bike part that is new and pretty cool. "Nice ginchy stem!""
Interesting. Without the reference to bikes in the definition, I would
have assumed "roadie" referred to the technicians, movers, and
miscellaneous assistants that travel around with a band from gig to gig.
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Aaron J Dinkin
> Edd Byrnes played Gerald Lloyd Kookson III ("Kookie") in "77 Sunset Strip"
> (ABC; October 1958 to September 1964).
Wow. A Totally Official flashback.
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I think I also got almost all the rest of the song--and Kookie does in fact say "ginchiest".
But I'm still stumped on the last line: I'm (Beansville? )---can't be "Beansville"---- and dreamsville and I'm movin' right now
Default User
> On Thursday, August 31, 2000 at 10:39:20 AM UTC-4, derekl wrote:
> > I am trying to track down the meaning of a word for a friend
> bend".
Congratulations?
Brian