'back In The Day...'

[sandyRoe]

Is this a newly coined phrase? I've heard it used in an American TV show and lately on a local one.

[factor-fiction]

Must be pretty recent as it's in the Urban Dictionary
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=back%20in%20the%20day

[factor-fiction]

Although someone asked the same question as you- back in the day in 2005
http://phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/281.html

[sandyRoe]

Back in the day language didn't seem to evolve so quickly. :-)

[sandyRoe]

It's been about more than 8 years and I'm only noticing it now. We must be in a backwood here.

[factor-fiction]

Someone here said it started in the mid to late 90s
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_the_expression_back_in_the_day_originate?#slide=2

[trt]

Its about the same as we say '' when I was a lad ''

[THECORBYLOON]

It's been used in this way since the 60s, see here, http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/09/back-in-the-day-2.html

[mrs_overall]

I was going to say the same as trt......when I was a lad (not me personally and I have the appendages to prove it)

[factor-fiction]

Does this variant from 1975 count?

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

[Clanad]

Been used here in the colonies for about 20 years or so, I suppose…

For a fairly good accounting of its origins, see here:

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/09/back-in-the-day-2.html

[stewey]

Years ago, when I was younger I used "back in the day" to mean years ago, when I was younger back in the day years ago.

[Jennykenny]

It comes from the series The Wire and people use it to sound cool (!).