I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech / Ralph Keyes.
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TextNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2009Edition: First EditionDescription: viii, 310 pages. : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780312340056
- 0312340052
- PE 1689 .K521 2009
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| PE 1479.C7 .B264 1985 A short guide to writing about literature / | PE 1479.C7 .K639 2017 Compact literature : reading, reacting, writing / | PE 1574 .M317 2007 The secret life of the English language : | PE 1689 .K521 2009 I love it when you talk retro : | PE 2808.8 .H262 2005 Do you really know American English : | PG 3326 .P926 1997 Crime and punishment | PL 528 .M691 1988 Let's learn hiragana |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index.
Discusses those "verbal fossils" that remain embedded in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has galloped off into the sunset. Mrs. Robinson, Edsel, "Catch-22", Gangbusters, "Alphonse and Gaston", or "Where's the beef?" are just a few of the "retroterms" that can be found in this word-lover's store of trivia and obscure references.
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