Given the rapid rate of change in things like buzz words, hip sayings (are those even still a thing? – see what I mean?), memes, idiomatic phrases, etc, I know that some/all of the slang I grew up with is now so passe that it’s starting to fossilize. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t still in my head. And sometimes, it just pops out. Like when I was writing this blurb. “Sharing the dirt” or “dishing the dirt” used to be a slang way of saying, “Tell me the ugly stuff, the part that the parties concerned would rather not talk about, the straight goods”…that sort of thing. The Eagles (they used to be a popular band, and if they keep on doing reunion tours with high priced tickets only affordable by their aging boomer fans, they might never fully die out until they actually die off) once had a hit with a song called “Dirty Laundry”. Same concept. “Tell us what’s really going on here.”