Keyes, Ralph. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312340056 0312340052 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008030157 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Terms and phrases.<br/>English language--Idioms.<br/>Figures of speech.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1689  / .K49 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>422