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now then 

A greeting commonly used in the North-East of England.
"Now then, mate, how's life?"
now then by Amy June 28, 2004

Now then 

A phrase commonly used in northern England, it derives from Old Yorkshire dialect.

It is a phrase used for greeting, although it is laregely unknown as to why the terms "now" (meaning this instant) and "then" (meaning in the past) were put together to form another way of simply saying "hello".

Usually pronounced "Nah-then".
Now then Jack, ya doylum. How ist? Whats tha bin doin with thisen?
Now then by jimsonkin November 30, 2011

Every Now and Then Friend 

A person you talk to every now and then. Usually someone in your contact list or Facebook friends you talk to every now and then, not really friends. just every now and then
girl: "hey did you text tyler?"
other girl: "No haha he's just my Every Now and Then Friend"

Every now and again/then 

I used to see him every now and again/then.

Then And Now Music 

"Old School" Hip Hop And R&B Videos, many different hip hop and r&b videos to choose from, easy access to this 1500+ music video library at www . thenandnowmusic . com. Find music videos by 112, 2 Chainz, 2 Pac, 50 Cent, Aaliyah, A$AP Rocky, Ace Hood, Akon, Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Avant, B2K, Baby Bash, Babyface, Beyonce, B.I.G., Big Punisher, Birdman, Bizzy Bone, Blackstreet, Bobby Valentino, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Boy II Men, Busta Rhymes, B.O.B., Big Sean, Cam'Ron, Cassidy, Cassie, Charlie Wilson, Chief Keef, Chris Brown, Ciara, Coolio, Crime Mob, Chingy, D-12, Da Brat, Destiny's Child, DJ Drama, Diddy, DJ Khaled, DMX, Donell Jones, Do Or Die, Drake, Dre. Dre, The Dream, Eazy E, E - 40, Eminem, Emeli Sande, Erykah Badu, Eve, Fabolous, Fantasia, Fat Joe, Flo Rida, Frank Ocean, French Montana, Future, The Fugees, Ginuwine, Gucci Mane, Hurricane Chris, Heavy D/The Boyz, Ice Cube, J. Cole, Ja Rule, J. Holiday, Jagged Edge, Jaheim, Jamie Foxx, Jay Z, Jay Z & Kanye West, Jazmine Sullivan, Jennifer Hudson, Jeremih, Jermaine Dupri, Jodeci, Joe, Joe Budden, John Hart, Justin Timberlake, Juvenile, Juicy J, Kanye West, Kirko Bangz, Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, Keith Sweat, Kendrick Lamar, Keyshia Cole, Lil Romeo, Lil Scrappy, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Lil Flip, Lil Kim, Ludacris, LL Cool J, Lloyd, Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian, Lil Bow Wow, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mario, Mary J. Blige, Master P, Maxwell, Michael Jackson, Miguel, Mike Jones, Missy Elliot, and many more
Then and Now Music old school hip hop r&b music

that was then...this is now 

Used as a management speak put down for those who resist change and hark back to the good old days. After a novel of the same name by S.E.Hinton (later film starring Emilio Estevez)
Employee - "I don't see why we should do it that way, we never used to"

Manager (with obvious irritation and finality) - "I don't care, that was then...this is now!"
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