When did "butt in line" become "budge in line"?

[bbernardini]

I've noticed this with the wee ones I teach. It used to be that if somebody shoved his/her way in front of you, it was "butting in line". Now, it seems to have changed to "budge". I guess I can understand the change, but when did it happen?

Just so you know, you no longer sit "indian style". It's now "pretzel legs".

[DS1]

1. Isn't pretzel legs anti-semetic?

[bbernardini]

3. I *have* noticed a tendency toward "cross-legs" lately.

Which, of course, will offend the Christians. :)

[DS1]

4. It was always 'crossed-legs' or 'indian-style' when I was growing up

I think they might have had a different name for it in bootcamp, but I forgot what it could be. Still, they had dumb-names for everything just to screw with us, for example, jumping-jacks were "side-straddle-hops" :eyes:

[JVS]

8. no, anti-clerical

Pretzels were invented by Austrian monks

[DS1]

12. Why do you hate numbers?

:D

[JVS]

13. No cleric not as numbers, cleric as in clergy

[DS1]

16. I know

[Spacemom]

2. Political correctness run amok (n/t)

[xmas74]

9. I can see budge instead of butt.

When I was young and someone butt in line all the kids would stick their rears out in the air and smack them, yelling "Butter!"
At least w/ budge it's harder for kids to come up w/ that same idea.

[warrens]

5. My daughter was using budge about 8 years ago

First time I ever heard it. It was pretty cute, though, hearing this little chipmunk voice bitching about the kids budging in line at school. Then one day it happened at the movies and she was outraged. I thought it was pretty funny (it was a guy joining his family after parking the car, so I had to explain that it was OK. Her sense of morality was still offended, though.)

[xmas74]

6. My daughter's old preschool and her kindergarten

no longer call it Indian style either. They call it "Criss-Cross Applesauce".

[donheld]

7. 35 years ago we said "budge in line"

That's not really new.

[JVS]

10. 20 years ago we said "cutting" in line

[bertha katzenengel]

11. When did "buck naked" become "butt naked?"

:shrug: Imponderables.

"Pretzel legs?" :eyes: at PC.

[jhain]

14. british influence- Hayrry Potter

"Budge Up" as in 'Move Over' was a line in the first Harry Potter that my kids have all been using ever since.

[calico1]

15. I wonder if its a regional thing as are so many

other terms. I have never heard anyone say "budge in line." I have heard both "butt in" and "cut in" but never budge.