when did shoes become "kicks"? - Page 2

Mary Bailey · ‎03-09-2010

@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!!!

SoX · ‎03-15-2010

@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 ...

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@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.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

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.

SoX · ‎03-15-2010

@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 ...

dooBdoo · ‎06-27-2010

@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.

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sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

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.

SoX · ‎03-15-2010

@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.