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At the dinner table one evening, my daughter Brett (then age 12) said, "You know Cindy? She’s going out with Chris."
"Yeah ... When?" I responded.
"When?"
"Yeah when, or where?"
"Dad!" Ashley, age ten, admonished me for being stupid.
"What?" I said.
"She’s going out with him," Ashley advised.
"Yeah, so what’s that supposed to mean?" I said.
"It means he’s her boyfriend."
"Oh OK, I get the picture, You mean they go together."
"No, never, Cindy would never go with him," Brett said.
"Then why did she become his girl friend?" I asked.
"Dad!"
"What?"
"She’s not a big goer."
"Goer?" I said.
"Yeah, goer! Someone that goes all the time. Cindy’s not like that."
Clearly, 50's expressions didn't apply today. See chart below.
Today’s expression - 50’s expression
Go = make out
Go with = make out with
Going with = making out with
Going out with = going together, going steady, boyfriend and girlfriend
Going out = same as above
Goer = boy or girl who makes out a lot, without too much concern as to with whom. In the 50s it was fast.
Going together = making out together
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