I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech /
Keyes, Ralph.
I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech / Ralph Keyes. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009. - viii, 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
9780312340056 0312340052
2008030157
English language--Terms and phrases.
English language--Idioms.
Figures of speech.
PE1689 / .K49 2009
422
I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech / Ralph Keyes. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009. - viii, 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
9780312340056 0312340052
2008030157
English language--Terms and phrases.
English language--Idioms.
Figures of speech.
PE1689 / .K49 2009
422