[CT] Boost

[Daniel Moran]

Boost is NY City slang from the 30s -- at least. It's in the East Side Kids 
movies and my father (born in NY City in 1930) used it occasionally around 
me when I was growing up. It was completely archaic (I think) when I 
started using it in my stories about Trent; lately it seems to be coming 
back. Possibly those stories had some small impact in that regard, but it's 
anyone's guess.

At 06:39 PM 8/19/2002 -0700, Dave Godwin wrote:
>
>"Boost" is an ancient slang term for steal.  I've heard it used in movies 
>from way before I was born ('63).
>
>Dave
>
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>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 6:23 PM
>Subject: [CT] Boost
>
>I caught 'Gone in Sixty Seconds' this weekend on cable.  Not as bad a 
>flick to see as I thought it might be.  Aside from a truly great car chase 
>scene in it, I was intrigued by the use of the word boost (in the movie) 
>to mean steal.  Is this a case of great minds thinking alike?  Is it slang 
>from the general LA area for stealing?  Was it a straight rip off from 
>DKM's work?  I'm pretty sure that Dan's works were published before this 
>movie was made, but didn't catch the copyright date so I don't know.
>Inquiring minds want to know.... (OK mind.)
>
>Geoff Kieser
>
>"Odi profanum vulgus et arceo." -Horace  65 B.C.
>   ("I hate the vulgar herd and hold it afar")
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