Talk:Chicken Oxo Detector Van

RFV discussion
--Connel MacKenzie 09:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Zero Google hits for the phrase. I would have deleted it on sight (I have deleted the encyclopedic plural). SemperBlotto 10:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't delete on sight, as "chicken oxo" got quite a few web hits, so it seems plausible. On the other hand, it doesn't ring a bell (for me.)  If there are any takers, then it can use an overhaul/cleanup.  --Connel MacKenzie 21:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I have an extremely vague recolection of either a re-run of the advert (I'm too young to have seen the original) or of the prhase. If the definition of this as a particularly 1970s slabg phrase is correct then online cites are going to be difficult to find regardless of how widespread it ever was. Present-day slang is far more likely to be found on google groups than to have made it into print; but as the phrase allegedly pre-dates newsgroups and the Internet this isn't going to be a fair source. I think possibly the best bet is to try and hunt-down a contemporary discussion of slang and/or television advertising. Perhaps a useful course of action would be to contact the Oxo company, as they of all people would be aware of the phrase if it existsed. If they have never heard of it then I think it would fail our CFI. If they are aware that it existed, although no guarantee of meeting our requirements, then it would seem to me to be worth the effort of trying to hunt-down sources. Thryduulf 23:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * rfvfailed Cynewulf 19:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)