I've been trying to bring the exclamation "solid!" back into the common vernacular, and it's good to see James Lileks hopping on the bandwagon with today's non-Bleat. Since he's being lazy and not archiving anything (and still getting ten gazillion hits) I'll reproduce the pictures he posted from a circa 1943 card he claims teenagers would have sent to each other.
Solid! Although, to tell the truth, I'm not really sure what "You send me solid!" means. I can think of a few possibilities, but they don't seem like things you'd put on a greeting card.
I only wish I could still find cards that began with "Look here, chick!"
Is this even english?
Thank god for the evolution of language.
This stuff is tame compared to the street language spoken in today's urban areas!
Have you tried to listen to any hip-hop, alternative or rap lately? It all may as well be Greek to me!
"You send me solid" is probably equivalent to "You turn me on" or something.