"Studies in Slang, VII" by Barry A. Popik and Gerald Leonard Cohen
 

Department(s)

Arts, Languages, and Philosophy

Keywords and Phrases

English Slang

Document Type

Book

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Table of Contents

Preface - vii
Barry Popik and Gerald Cohen: Material for the study of hash-house lingo - 1
Barry Popik: Coinage of the 'Windy City' is often incorrectly attributed to NYC editor Charles Dana, who--in the 1889-1890 competition for the 1893 World's Fair--allegedly spoke of Chicago's 'windy politicians' - 50
Reprint of Nathan Bierma's Chicago-Tribune article on the origin of 'The Windy City' - 72
Barry Popik: Tin Pan Alley origin is explained in a 1903 newspaper article - 78
Gerald Cohen: to need hair of the dog that bit you 'need a bit more booze to get over a hangover - 80
Gerald Cohen: Lose one's marbles--Jonathan Lighter's 1902 attestation refutes my suggestion of a 1920's Missouri origin of the expression - 83
Barry Popik: Cakewalk--1897 New-Orleans Times-Democrat article explains it was originally a marriage ceremony among French blacks in Louisiana - 85
Gerald Cohen: Slang poof 'effeminate man, male homosexual' - 90
Gerald Cohen (compiler): Michael Jackson's childish but derogatory term spabooks 'spooks' (black people) - 100
Gerald Cohen (compiler): Paul Johnson: Morse code tl (for toilet lid) was used to insult radio operators with a heavy hand; hence lid 'incompetent operator' (with information also from Rick Kennerly) - 103
Gerald Cohen: Job lot (a derogatory term) - 107
Gerald Cohen (compiler): Loose as a goose--the original reference is to loose bowels - 109
Barry Popik: Slang applesauce (spoken dismissively) derives from a once popular but corny joke, possibly in a minstrel context - 112
Mike Salovesh: Con-men's lingo the big store 'a false-front operation set up for the purpose of separating a wealthy victim from a lot of cash - 115
Barry Popik: Material for the study of eat crow: three version of humorous story agree that Scotch snuff made the boiled crow particularly unappetizing - 119
Barry Popik: 1935 New York Sun article on racket slang - 123
Barry Popik: 1885 newspaper article on the slang response 'I should smile' and the greeting 'Well, what do you know? - 132
Barry Popik: 1874 article about current slang - 136
Barry Popik: 1933 High-school slang - 142
Barry Popik: Theater/varieties/circus slang: 1879 article in Cincinnati Enquirer - 144
Barry Popik: Circus slang: 1919 item in Los Angeles Times - 153
Barry Popik: 1913 Fort Wayne Sentinel article on slang: are you jerry to the old jazz? (San Francisco); hod dickety dog (Indianapolis); gazipe (St. Louis); it's mush to me (Denver); I'll make/take a little dodo (New Orleans); I should worry (almost every city, esp Boston, New York) - 155
Douglas Wilson: 1913 gazipe (St. Louis slang of ca. 1913) is discussed in a 1913 newspaper article - 169
Barry Popik: 1931 L.A. Times article 'Underworld "lingo" brought up-to-date', by Ben Kendall - 162
Gerald Cohen (compiler; due credit is given): Material for the study of jazz ax(e) 'musical instrument - 181
Index - 192

Rights

© 2006 Gerald Leonard Cohen, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2006

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