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when did shoes become "kicks"?

esmerelda — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:11:46 GMT

And how?

And why?

At least the British term...trainers...makes sense. But kicks? Will we start calling gloves punches?

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

Anonymous032819 — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:26:57 GMT

I remember hearing shoes referred to as kicks since the 1980's.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

Zernia Rose — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:08:01 GMT

Kicks was the term used for shoes at my Chicago high school in the early 1970s by "hip" students.

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shoekitty — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:22:11 GMT

According to urban dictoonary it started about 1897

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Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:11:11 GMT

@esmerelda wrote:
And how?

And why?

At least the British term...trainers...makes sense. But kicks? Will we start calling gloves punches?

@esmerelda

Where did you see this? Who called them kicks?

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

Imaoldhippie — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:29:10 GMT

As other have stated some time in the 1970's, its just slang, no big deal.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

Caaareful Shopper — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:39:15 GMT

I was born in the 60's. They have been kicks since forever. Just slang, no big deal.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:52:08 GMT

19th century hobo slang. Wear shoes to kick things...you wouldn't do that with bare feet.

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Johnnyeager — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:53:27 GMT

No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

Caaareful Shopper — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:56:10 GMT

@Johnnyeager LOL Don't put Baby in a corner!

I use slang anytime -- especially to embarrass my millennial son.

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Mary Bailey — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:58:55 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper wrote:
@Johnnyeager LOL Don't put Baby in a corner!

I use slang anytime -- especially to embarrass my millennial son.

what she said!!!

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

SoX — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:33:07 GMT

@Johnnyeager wrote:
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Are you kidding? My parents came from a jazz background and used that slang ... way, way back then. There are songs in that era referring to "kicks," ... one in particular by Nat "King" Cole ... "get your kicks on Route 66."

I've used it off and on pretty much my entire life ... my kids got it from me, lol ...

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

SilleeMee — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:40:43 GMT

@SoX wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Are you kidding? My parents came from a jazz background and used that slang ... way, way back then. There are songs in that era referring to "kicks," ... one in particular by Nat "King" Cole ... "get your kicks on Route 66."

I've used it off and on pretty much my entire life ... my kids got it from me, lol ...

That "kicks" has a different meaning than the kicks word for shoes.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:41:37 GMT

Kicks ?? I have never heard that word when it comes to shoes or sneakers. But I don't have any tweens or teens in my house.

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SoX — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:58:36 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@SoX wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Are you kidding? My parents came from a jazz background and used that slang ... way, way back then. There are songs in that era referring to "kicks," ... one in particular by Nat "King" Cole ... "get your kicks on Route 66."

I've used it off and on pretty much my entire life ... my kids got it from me, lol ...

That "kicks" has a different meaning than the kicks word for shoes.

Well ... maybe. But we interpreted it both ways ... Nat Cole was a friend of my father ... he knew of what he was singing ...

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

dooBdoo — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:04:30 GMT

@SoX wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
@SoX wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Are you kidding? My parents came from a jazz background and used that slang ... way, way back then. There are songs in that era referring to "kicks," ... one in particular by Nat "King" Cole ... "get your kicks on Route 66."

I've used it off and on pretty much my entire life ... my kids got it from me, lol ...

That "kicks" has a different meaning than the kicks word for shoes.

Well ... maybe. But we interpreted it both ways ... Nat Cole was a friend of my father ... he knew of what he was singing ...

Wow, @SoX! Your father was a friend of the magnificent Nat "King" Cole! How wonderful that must have been.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

sidsmom — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:09:03 GMT

First thing I think of when I hear ‘kicks’...the song,

Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People

Such a dichotomy between the toe-tap melody & lyrics/video.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

SoX — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:27:16 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:
@SoX wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
@SoX wrote:
@Johnnyeager wrote:
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".

So I think everyone here is safe.

Are you kidding? My parents came from a jazz background and used that slang ... way, way back then. There are songs in that era referring to "kicks," ... one in particular by Nat "King" Cole ... "get your kicks on Route 66."

I've used it off and on pretty much my entire life ... my kids got it from me, lol ...

That "kicks" has a different meaning than the kicks word for shoes.

Well ... maybe. But we interpreted it both ways ... Nat Cole was a friend of my father ... he knew of what he was singing ...

Wow, @SoX! Your father was a friend of the magnificent Nat "King" Cole! How wonderful that must have been.

@dooBdoo

They actually went to high school together and played in the jazz band (not marching) ... long before I was just a twinkle in my father's eye. To hear my father tell it, they lived about two blocks from each other, in what is currently known as "Bronzeville." They both played piano ... of course my father never made it big time, but he always had his friends in our house playing jazz, back then.

To elaborate on @SilleeMee 's post ... in the early 30s to late 40s, some African American men, in order to make ends meet, would have to walk from town to town in order to find work ... hence, "kicks on the highway," to those who understood what that meant.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

gidgetgh — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:21:56 GMT

I am 63. I’ve only heard the slang “kicks” in probably the last two months.

I am so NOT a slang person. I feel ridiculous saying most slang words. No reflection on anyone who uses slang, it’s a self conscious thing for me.

It took me a LONG time, LOL, to say 24/7.

Re: when did shoes become "kicks"?

hopi — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:23:15 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper wrote:
@Johnnyeager LOL Don't put Baby in a corner!

I use slang anytime -- especially to embarrass my millennial son.