scottyrocks
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but then changed to meaning spoiled or overly protected.
That's how I remember it.
but then changed to meaning spoiled or overly protected.
Mollycoddled. I admit I haven't heard this word used frequently, or even recently until this morning when a guest on a local morning news show used it and every member of the 40-something and 50-something on-air staff reacted as if they'd never heard it before. I'd never heard of this youngish guest before so I don't remember his name or why he's famous, but he is English so I'm wondering if it might be a case of "Two countries separated by a common language". Are any of my fellow 'Muricans familiar with the term?
"Schaffner".
Well played. I was thinking along the same lines.Didn't he play Captain Kirk? Oh, no wait . . .
I've done that myself a time or two, but as you said I'm not sure it is even doable now.Does anyone still use the expression, "This is where we came in." ?
Does anyone still use the expression, "This is where we came in." ? In the antediluvian days of the '50s-'60s they didn't clear the theater at the end of the movie. You could sit there all day if you wanted. When you're a kid, continuity means little. As long as you saw the whole movie it didn't matter in what order the episodes were presented. You'd sit down in the middle of a film, watch it to the end, then the previews, travelogue, cartoon, second feature and whatever, then the feature started again and when you reached the scene where you came in, you got up and left.
You are correct. Around the same time that theaters stopped showing "double bills" and multiplexes became more common (the late-70s or early-80s as best I can remember), they also started paying more attention to which patrons were going into which theaters and emptying the theaters when the showing ended. In addition most (if not all) of the theaters around here will no longer sell you a ticket for a specific movie/showing once it's started.I remember as a kid that once you'd paid for your movie ticket you could stay and watch the movie as many times as you wanted while the theater was open. I rarely go to the movie theater anymore, but I'm assuming that's no longer the case.
I remember older people using the term molly coddled. Haven't heard it lately though. It is one of those terms whose meaning changed over time. It used to be used to indicate a feminine acting male, but then changed to meaning spoiled or overly protected.