gEt ouT oF dOdgE!

My boyfriend and I were walking back to my house when he brought up that people say things like "get out of dodge" but what does it really mean? And that made me wonder, if people are constantly getting out of dodge then why would they go there in the first place? I did a little (and I really do mean a little) research and found out the following:

UrbanDictionary.com said...

It comes from western entertainment that refers to Dodge City, Kansas

The Maven's Word of the Day added...

"Dodge City was the setting of innumerable Wild-West movies and books and, most prominently, the CBS-TV series Gunsmoke, which ran from 1955 to 1975. After being defeated by the good guys, badmen might stereotypically be commanded to "get the hell out of Dodge."

The transferred sense, 'to leave or get out (of anywhere) at once', arose in the mid-1960s, when it was recorded in the slang of youth gangs, and became common by the 1970s."

We agreed that it makes sense that it would be of western entertainment origin. I couldn't find anyone, specifically, who has said this but I did find this movie poster.

Anyways, if there's anything you'd like to add or comment on...you know what to do!

kAYLe!