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Hangin' in like Gunga Din

Posted by ESC on December 07, 2000

In Reply to: Out of here like Vladimir posted by Bob on December 03, 2000

: : What is the origin of the phrase "out of here like vladimier?"

: I believe... but I cannot back up this opinion with evidence... that this is a nonsense expression of goodbye in the same vein, and from the same era as "see you later alligator," "after a while crocodile." I don't think there's any particular person being referred to. I'm willing to stand corrected.

I think it's one in a series: "Hangin' in like Gunga Din." (Said by Jerry Lee Lewis.)

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