Citations:old school

English citations of old school

Earliest Usenet uses via Google Groups:

old school (non idiomatic): net.singles - 10 Sep 1982 by floyd
My old school chums are mostly in Massachussetts, hence many trips there, also in Chicago, and N and S California etc.

Noun

Preceded by the: a group of people characterized by being conservative or traditional; also, a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its superiority over the new way.
- net.cooks - 20 Jan 1983 by rocheste
  Cook until it saucifies, about 1/2 hour (or longer if you're from the old school).
(music) A style of popular music regarded as more old-fashioned or traditional, or not following newer trends; specifically (often old skool), hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music.
- 1992 October 5, The Invisible Man, “[W]hat is all this fake shit”, in alt.rap‎^[1] (Usenet):
  Rap is not one particular thing. Just like there are many different types of music, there are different types of rap. Hardcore, like Ice Cube, or OldSchool, like the Sugarhill Gang, are two facets on the gem we call hip hop.

Adjective

Now often old-school: characteristic of a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its superiority over the new way.
- net.kids - 29 Nov 1984 by Sophie Quigley
  I haven't heard of any feminists claiming that "experts" would be able to do a better job of parenting than parents are, except maybe for some old-school feminists like Simone de Beauvoir.
- mod.music.gaffa - 12 Sep 1986 by "ROSSI J.A."
  Those of you who are of the old school Catholic faith can redeem yourselves by saying a good act of contrition which, I believe, is worth about 100 or so ejaculations (sic).
- ba.singles - 15 Jan 1993 by Marvin Raab
  It's probable her attitudes are a result of her former community and a reflection of her oldschool parents' thoughts.
(music) Of or relating to a style of popular music regarded as more old-fashioned or traditional, or not following newer trends; specifically (often old skool), of or relating to hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music.
- 1995 February 17, Rolf D Neill, “[O]ldskool LP’s Wanted”, in cmu.misc.market.music (Usenet):
  i am looking for some old-skool rap albums
- 1995 April 14, ed [pseudonym], “Low Down on New Tunes dropping soon”, in rec.music.hip-hop‎^[2] (Usenet):
  Also look out for a PHAT PHAT oldskool style tune on Jemini's album set to drop in the next couple of weeks. It uses the Love Unlimited 'Strange Games and Things' break, and comes on with the old skool rhymes believe …

— Hippietrail 23:42, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)