TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keyes,Ralph
TI  - I love it when you talk retro: hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech 
SN  - 9780312340056
AV  - PE 1689 .K521 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Idioms
KW  - Figures of speech
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -