Talk:all there
Move page? edit
Shouldn't this entry be titled just as 'all there'? The expression can be used without 'not', like this: "I don't think he's quite all there". Dart evader 12:26, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think you are right. Equinox 01:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
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Move to all there, keeping redirect. "Is he all there?", "He's still all there.", and other usages don't have this form. It would need a usage example and/o usage note to convey idea the frequently negative manner of usage. DCDuring TALK 18:18, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- Definitely move, keep redirect and explain in the usage notes; thus when someone follows the redirect they will know why it is there. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:40, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Missing obsolete sense? edit
John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) defines all there as follows:
- All There, in strict fashion, first-rate, “up to the mark;” a vulgar person would speak of a handsome, well-dressed woman as being ALL THERE. An artisan would use the same phrase to express the capabilities of a skillful fellow-workman. Sometimes ALL THE WAY THERE. Always used as a term of encomium.
See also my comments at Talk:there, regarding the word's (modern) use for "completed, brought to the desired state", e.g. a clothing design that isn't quite "there" yet. Equinox ◑ 11:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)