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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
I Love It When You Talk Retro Hoochie Coochie Double Whammy Drop a Dime and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech
Author: Ralph Keyes
An entertaining and informative book about the fashion and fads of language Today?s 18-year-olds may not know who Mrs. Robinson is, where the term ?stuck in a groove? comes from, why 1984 was a year unlike any other, how big a bread box is, how to get to Peyton Place, or what the term Watergate refers to. I Love It When You Talk...  more »discusses these verbal fossils that remain embedded in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has galloped off into the sunset. That could be a person (Mrs. Robinson), product (Edsel), past bestseller (Catch-22), radio or TV show (Gangbusters), comic strip (Alphonse and Gaston), or advertisement (Where?s the beef?) long forgotten. Such retroterms are words or phrases in current use whose origins lie in our past. Ralph Keyes takes us on an illuminating and engaging tour through the phenomenon that is Retrotalk?a journey, oftentimes along the timelines of American history and the faultlines of culture, that will add to the word-lover?s store of trivia and obscure references.
ISBN-13: 9780312340056
ISBN-10: 0312340052
Publication Date: 3/31/2009
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 5
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