Talk:the cat's pyjamas

The following is from the soon to be deleted page on Wikipedia. The cat's pajamas is an English slang phrase coined by Thomas A. Dorgan. The phrase means "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with bee's knees,  "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), and similar phrases that didn't endure:  "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip" and "the capybara's spats".

What's the policy on less than genteel language? Another equivalent phrase is the dog's bollocks, which is probably much more widely used and recognised than the cat's meow.

Phrase not dated
I've removed the "dated" from the definition. NGRAM shows the phrase is as popular as it ever was.Jbening 19:07, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

RFM discussion: December 2020

 * See Talk:cat's pajamas.