Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Catch on the flip side

Guardavo "the Boondock Saints e un personaggio ha detto :
I 'll catch you on the flip side.
I sottotitoli hanno tradotto :
Sto meglio di voi .
Da dove esce questa espressione ?
E' veramente usata ?
Qualcuno ne sa qualcosa ?
Ta
Sal

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 So, probably, "on the other side" could mean "on the better, safer
side"...
Or might it be the other side of a 70 rpm record? Also meaning later,
after the front side has been played.
My Concise Oxford Dictionary says: flip side n. colloq.
1 the less important side of a gramophone record
2 the reverse or a concomitant of a thing
Neither of them directly relates to "see you on the flip side", nor do
www. 
webster.com
 or 
dictionary.cambridge.org
 explain it. However, the
record's flip side being the less important side, not the side with
the main song on it, could "see you on the flip side" mean that seeing
you is not my priority, I'll see you when I'm less busy, when I have
less important things to do?
--
Xakero
 Sapere aude!  (Horace, Epistulae)

 Or might it be the other side of a 70 rpm record?
Maybe 78 rpm, isn't it ?
Ciao
Giorgio

 Maybe 78 rpm, isn't it ?
Could that be a Coriolis correction?
: )
saluti,
Peltio Peltii

 less important things to do?
No.
As far as I know, this is not a common expression in this context but the
general meaning can be inferred from the situation. It could mean "I'll meet you
later," "I'll meet you on the return trip" or something similar that fits the
rest of the dialog (American spelling). My guess is that the writer was just
trying to be cute and coin* an expression. "Flip side," as others have noted, is
a familiar expression in reference to phonograph records. The strong connotation
is "reverse side" (il rovescio). The flip side is also the side one plays after
listening to the first side--thus the connotation of later in time. The
connotation of "less important side" is relatively weak and would not be a
likely intention in most contexts.
*FYI: the word "coin" in this context means "create," as when coins are minted
or stamped.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 likely intention in most contexts.
Intendevo dire la maggiore parte dei contesti come questo. Però se si ha detto
"He only writes flip side songs," allora il significato sarebbe che scrive le
canzoni che non sono tante buone.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 Maybe 78 rpm, isn't it ?
It's so long since they went out of fashion, I can't possibly
remember. 70 doesn't sound right, though. Too round a number. What
came next? 33 1/3 rpm?
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 something similar that fits the rest of the dialog[ue] 
Hi ron,
I had been wondering if he meant "in the next world" as in after dying.
As you say, it's not a common expression as used in the example. In my
experience it's usually used to discuss the flip side of an argument,
that is, the opposite or alternative view.
Flip sides of records are often called 'the B side' since that is how
they were written on the 45's. Personally I have found occasional
treasures on the B side of 2nd hand 45's.
 Perhaps that is also how B movies got to be so named.
cheers,
Loki
-- 

 came next? 33 1/3 rpm?
78's 45's 33ą/ł and one in the 20's or thereabouts. Play a soprano at
24rpm (?)  and they came out basso profundo. That was the fun of an old
gramaphone player. :-))) 
Not to mention they kept the cat warm with their valve tubes.
cheers,
Loki
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What's happened to Sal? Is he going to catch us on the flip side, or has he
been kidnapped?
Votta 'a pretella... e se tira 'a manella...
Lady Pummarola

78's 45's 33ą/ł and one in the 20's or thereabouts.
When I was a kid (just a few weeks ago ;-)) ) my parents had a record
player with all the possible speeds, and as far as I can recall the
fourth choice was 16 rpm.
Ciao
Frank

 You are right darling.
    I should have gotten into the arena earlier.
    I wanted to consider all the possibilities though.
    Your explanation seems to me the most logical.
    I thank you and all the others for your help .
     Yours
     Lord Piddle Diddle

      Lord Piddle Diddle
 Speaking strictly for me, the flip side could have been any
"cazzimbocchio"...
 I was helped by some Irish, and not American friends....  (who actually had
never heard of that phrase before, but they know how eager to learn their
language I am, and they are perfectly conscious that I had never let them go
without a valid explanation. American or not, they are always native
speakers!)
Il tentativo patetico di spiegazione semantica è mio, però. E si vede...
sigh!
By the way... what's a piddle diddle?
Eager Lady

My Wordsworth Thesaurus of Slang claims it is a southern (American ?)
expression for delay.
   Yours
   Lord Phoney