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Originally Posted by grynch
Guess I just ain't hip with the current jive  |
Not exactly. It's another of those British English expressions. The etymology is unclear and subject to speculation, but it seems it was in use in about 1856.
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The OED's earliest quotation is from around 1856.
I seem to recall that a condom in French is a capote Anglaise = English overcoat, which adds further confusion.
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