what does the term old school mean?

Question

sorry, i'm showing my age.

okay, i've read up to marklemoore. is there a limit as to how old?

Answer 1

It means back in the day when things were less complicated or technical. If you're doing something old school then you're making due with the very basics when doing it. Such as, making a fire old school would be rubbing two sticks together, instead of using a lighter or blowtorch. Punishing a kid old school means smacking or spanking them instead of talking to them.

Edit: There's no limit. It simply means going back to the basics concerning a thing, whenever those basics were for that thing. It's the old way, in other words.

Answer 2

Old school, variously spelled old skool, oldschool or oldskool, is a slang term referring to an older school of thinking or acting and to old objects in general, within the context of newer, more modern times. Rather than carrying the negative connotation of obsolete, it may be used to refer to a time of perceived higher standards or level of craft. The term "old school" may be effectively equivalent to "They just don't make 'em like this anymore".

Old school is often interchangeable with the word nostalgic, but practitioners of semantics often define old school as simply something of an earlier period but not necessarily inferior or hopelessly dated. Nostalgia, on the other hand, is often given a negative connotation. For example, as a sentimental attachment to dated works many of which are now considered embarrassingly 'corny' or 'cheesy' in their execution, yet retaining a place in one's sentiments as a guilty pleasure or relic of one's youth. Old school items or concepts, in contrast, are shown to have residual real-world functionality.

Much more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_School

Answer 3

old school can mean anything that is not up to date like music from the 50s to very early 2000 to fashion and those sort of things

Answer 4

Old School refers to a time when particular object is created for the first time and has no influence.
For instance, old school rap is rap like when it's first created, unlike now, rap is more like hip hop.
Old school thinking may refer to Victorian or Colonial times when every theory is first created.

Answer 5

It's really "Old Skool" but anyways it mean like music from like the 70's, 80's, and 90's

Answer 6

It means old fashioned. It usually refers to having manners and being polite.

Answer 7

It basically means "old".
as in "kickin it old school" that means "doin it the old way"
make sense?
It's kinda my lame way of explaining it. You just have to hear people say it in context to know when to use it and when it's appropriate and stuff, know what I mean?

Answer 8

More or less music that is still fun to listen to even though the style is outdated.

Answer 9

old school is a term of knowledge....in other words a person who believes in giving a person a compliment on his work...Is something he earn from working hard...other than being someone giving a compliment just for nothing....old school is listening to 1950's music.,..or going to church ....

Answer 10

it is just saying that its old and probably got taught in school for old people