Explaining the modern use of cooking sure, I can see that but y’all acting like “your goose is cooked” isn’t an old ass idiom.
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https://grammarist.com/idiom/goose-is-cooked/
Originates in the 15th century but gained popularity in the 1800s
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Is the modern use of “cooking” as slang even new? In 1978, Van Halen used in the term in what seems to me to be the modern way: “You think you’re really cookin’, baby”
I’m not familiar with the song.
Personally I haven’t seen cooking used in slang until Breaking Bad became obnoxiously popular.
But that’s just my experience.
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I’ve heard the phase “now you’re cooking with gas” for as long as I can remember, which has approximately the same meaning as “cooking.”
Idk I feel like they have a bit of a different meaning.
“Now you’re cooking with gas” feels like you just hit the Nos button and are supercharged
But when I hear “let him cook” or “she’s cooking” It’s more in the context of a slow simmer/wait for the good thing.
Probably just personal semantics or my exposure to how it’s being used by the general public.
To be fair, I’m much close to the age of the manager in the story than the young person, so I probably don’t have the best grasp on the modern meaning of “cooking.” I just associated it with the phase I already knew.
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Honestly I’m absolutely no expert either. It’s just slowly been seeping into the vocabulary of a few gamers I watch on YouTube.
I’m open to be corrected if anyone has a clearer definition.
In a way, it feels like we worked backwards to “cooking.” I’ve heard “cooking with gas” for ages, but just “cooking” feels more recent.
Tbf, they’re kind of the same thing, but at different levels of speed/intensity.
If your friend is working on something and they’re in the zone, they’re cooking like a trendy zoomer. If they’re absolutely plowing through whatever project they’re working on, then they’re cooking with gas like a crusty gen-x-er.
“It is a cook or get cooked world”
