'gen somebody up'?

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Does 'gen somebody up' mean the same as 'inform somebody', and 'let somebody know'?



Thanks!

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes. It's a dated expression, though.

Rover

 

[BobK]

I've never seen it used separably or transitively. 'I must gen up' or 'get genned up' was the WWII slang (Gen = 'general infiormation'). Today, I only meet 'gen' in cryptic crossword clues.

The modern work-place slang would be 'get someone up to speed'.

b

 

[Mehrgan]

I've never seen it used separably or transitively. 'I must gen up' or 'get genned up' was the WWII slang (Gen = 'general infiormation'). Today, I only meet 'gen' in cryptic crossword clues.

The modern work-place slang would be 'get someone up to speed'.

b

Ta! "Get someone up to speed" = "let someone know"?

 

[BobK]

Sometimes just that, sometimes a bit more: 'tell someone about the latest developments in a project, so that they can be productive members of the new team'. So you can think of 'speed' as (figuratively) a wave, and they have to get 'up to speed' in order to surf the wave.

b