Hangin' in like Gunga Din

Posted by ESC December 07, 2000In reply to Out of here like Vladimir posted by Bob on December 03, 2000

What is the origin of the phrase "out of here like vladimier?"

I believe... but I cannot back up this opinion with evidence... that this is a nonsense expression of goodbye in the same vein, and from the same era as "see you later alligator," "after a while crocodile." I don't think there's any particular person being referred to. I'm willing to stand corrected.

I think it's one in a series: "Hangin' in like Gunga Din." (Said by Jerry Lee Lewis.)