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     • The slang expression “You’re toast,” meaning you’re finished or doomed, comes from the 1984 film “Ghostbusters,” said Grant Barrett, the head lexicographer of Dictionary.com. (Bill Murray ad-libbed the line “This chick is toast.”) “You’re toast” appeared in The Times a decade later.
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   Where did the slang word 'you're toast' come from?

   • The slang expression “You’re toast,” meaning you’re finished or doomed, comes from the 1984 film “Ghostbusters,” said Grant Barrett, the head lexicographer of Dictionary.com. (Bill Murray ad-libbed the line “This chick is toast.”) “You’re toast” appeared in The Times a decade later.

   A History of the Word “Toast” and the Tradition of Toasting - The New

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   What does toast mean in slang?

   • Although the practice of clinking drinking vessels in honor or celebration goes back to ancient times, toast as the name for it only dates to the late 17th century. Toast also has a distasteful sense used in slangy expressions such as "you're toast," meaning "you're as good as dead," "you're finished," "you're done for."

   Where Does 'Toast' Come From? - Merriam-Webster

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   What is an example of a 'toast'?

   • The OED ’s next example of “toast” used in Murray’s sense of the word is from a quotation in the Omaha World-Herald (1985): “Shake, Fedya … because you’re toast!” Carl Hiaasen wrote in his novel Skin Tight (1989): “I’m calling my banker in the Caymans and having him read the balance in my account.

   The Grammarphobia Blog: All right, this chick is toast!

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   When did toast start?

   • It dates in this sense from the mid-1980s, from the notion of being ‘toasted’ or ‘burnt’, but perhaps has links to the older, late 19th century, figurative expression, ‘to serve someone up on toast’ i.e. to doom or ruin someone. See also Warm as toast

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   Who toasted a party?

   • The person being toasted, Mr. Jurafsky wrote, was usually a woman who “flavored the party just as the spiced toast and herbs flavored the wine”; she became known as the “toast” of the occasion.

   A History of the Word “Toast” and the Tradition of Toasting - The New

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   What does 'toast' mean in a citation?

   • “Yeah, I’m toast, you’ll never see me out of the house again.” The OED also has a pair of “toast” citations that we might call “non-proleptic,” merely meaning that someone or something is … well … history. In this kind of usage the damage isn’t merely anticipated—it’s already done (like what happened to your car).

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › word-history-ofWhere Does 'Toast' Come From? - Merriam-Webster

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   Toast also has a distasteful sense used in slangy expressions such as "you're toast," meaning "you're as good as dead," "you're finished," "you're done for." Some readers might recall a certain line from the 1984 film Ghostbusters .

4. www.grammarphobia.com › blog › 2011All right, this chick is toast! - Grammarphobia

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   May 3, 2011 · The OED’s next example of “toast” used in Murray’s sense of the word is from a quotation in the Omaha World-Herald (1985): “Shake, Fedya … because you’re toast!” Carl Hiaasen wrote in his novel Skin Tight (1989): “I’m calling my banker in the Caymans and having him read the balance in my account.

5. www.oysterenglish.com › idiom-youre-toastIdiom: You’re toast (meaning & examples) - Oyster English

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   Directly from the source quoted for the wiki line "The usage 'you're toast' = 'you're as good as dead' derives from the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The scriptwriters wrote the line 'I'm gonna turn this guy into toast' but what Bill Murray, in his role as Dr. Peter Venkman, said was "This chick is toast". It is quite likely that the expression was ...

7. spoonuniversity.com › school › nyuA history behind why we say toast to celebrate.

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   Jul 9, 2018 · The etymology of the word toast comes from the Latin word tostare, which means to grill. By a mysterious chain of events, the word toast came to be, and meant bread that had been grilled by fire. But what does that have to do with our celebratory toast?

8. idiomorigins.org › origin › toastHistory of Toast - Idiom Origins

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   American slang for someone who is ruined, destroyed, in trouble, or even dead, depending on the context. It dates in this sense from the mid-1980s, from the notion of being ‘toasted’ or ‘burnt’, but perhaps has links to the older, late 19th century, figurative expression, ‘to serve someone up on toast’ i.e. to doom or ruin someone.