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08-30-2019 12:11 AM
And how?
And why?
At least the British term...trainers...makes sense. But kicks? Will we start calling gloves punches?
08-30-2019 12:26 AM
I remember hearing shoes referred to as kicks since the 1980's.
08-30-2019 01:08 AM
Kicks was the term used for shoes at my Chicago high school in the early 1970s by "hip" students.
08-30-2019 01:22 AM
According to urban dictoonary it started about 1897
08-30-2019 03:11 AM
@esmerelda wrote:And how?
And why?
At least the British term...trainers...makes sense. But kicks? Will we start calling gloves punches?
Where did you see this? Who called them kicks?
08-30-2019 07:29 AM
As other have stated some time in the 1970's, its just slang, no big deal.
08-30-2019 07:39 AM
I was born in the 60's. They have been kicks since forever. Just slang, no big deal.
08-30-2019 07:52 AM
19th century hobo slang. Wear shoes to kick things...you wouldn't do that with bare feet.
08-30-2019 07:53 AM
No one over 30 should ever use the term in place of "shoes".
So I think everyone here is safe.
08-30-2019 07:56 AM
@Johnnyeager LOL Don't put Baby in a corner!
I use slang anytime -- especially to embarrass my millennial son.
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