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I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech / Ralph Keyes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keyes, Ralph
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Terms and phrases.
- English language.
- English language--Idioms.
- Figures of speech.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312340056
- 0312340052
- OCLC:
- 234260096
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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