I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech
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Today's eighteen-year-olds may not know who Mrs. Robinson is, the size of a breadbox, or why going postal refers to a major uproar. Such "retroterms" are words or phrases whose origin lies in our past. I Love It When You Talk Retro discusses these verbal fossils that linger in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has galloped into the sunset. That could be a person (Charles Ponzi), product (Edsel),...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312606400
ISBN13:9780312606404
Release Date:February 2010
Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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