Back In The Day

[dave50]

"Back in the day" (meaning looking back on one's life)
I am hearing this more and more these days. Is it another americanism creeping into our language?

[Quizmonster]

Hello, C, haven't seen you around recently, but good to see you now. My rather lengthy contribution was brought on because I have always dismissed the attitude among some British people that Americanisms are somehow 'unworthy' additions to our lexicon.
It has been said the Britain and America are "two nations divided by a common language". It's an eye-opening phrase, perhaps, but only very superficially true.

[factor-fiction]

A lame excuse to play Back In the Night which was around in the UK nearly 40 years ago.
I don't remember hearing 'Back in the day' until about 12 months ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ILyWFhuf3Y

[Prudie]

The phrase immediately makes me think of the Moonpig advert - purple hotpants, size 8... back in the day

[con-amca]

A common phrase these days is "back-to-back", meaning "consecutively". It's often used when reporting that two or more television programmes are being broadcast one after the other. If two things are back-to-back, one of them is facing the wrong way surely. What's the origin of this, I wonder?