\nBack in the 70s, “Get lost” was oft-heard. It dismissed its target, meaning “go away, I don’t care about that, I don’t want to listen to you, etc”. It wasn’t diplomatic – or was it?<\/p>\n
\nI didn’t hear it for decades, until maybe a couple of years back, when I heard a man who looked in his 60s, and a hippie, saying it to another man. It was summertime; they were standing by a parking lot.\n<\/p>\n
\nI was so shocked to hear “Get lost” after so many years, I did a double-take. The men were too far away to notice me. He who’d been told to “Get lost” apparently did so.<\/p>\n
Back in the 70s, nobody seemed to anticipate political correctness. Today, “Get lost” could reanimate, in my opinion, for two reasons:\n
\nCould “Get lost” make a comeback?\n<\/p>\n
wonderopolis.org<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about communication then and now: the tutor reflects. Back in the 70s, “Get lost” was oft-heard. It dismissed its target, meaning “go away, I don’t care about that, I don’t want to listen to you, etc”. It wasn’t diplomatic …<\/p>\n