There are plenty of online reference sources which indicate when a word or phrase is found for the first time in printed sources. If a word has more than one meaning, a good source will give a date for each usage. What I need, in my vending of bygone postcard humor, is one which tellsContinue reading “Repurposed Slang”
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Well, Goll-lee
In olden days I was acquainted with a young lady I refer to as the Dumpster Cinderella. This is not the place to go into ALL of her qualities and quiddities, but one of her goals in life was spreading the word about Real Jazz. This was a musical form which she felt ceasedContinue reading “Well, Goll-lee”
Once and Future Lingo
I knew “23 skidoo” basically just as a jocular reference to days gone by, a slightly raffish expression now passe. (Looking back, I think I got this impression from Bugs Bunny in one of his cartoons mocking the Gay Nineties.) I picked up later on the fact that when it was in use, theContinue reading “Once and Future Lingo”
