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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang

by Max Decharne

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ISBN13: 9780767908405
ISBN10: 0767908406
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Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.

Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex, and drinking. Why talk when you can beat your chops, why eat when you can line your flue, and why snore when you can call some hogs? You’re not drunk–you’re just plumb full of stagger juice, and your skin isn’t pasty, it’s just caf? sunburn. Need a black coffee? That’s a shot of java, nix on the moo juice.

Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country, and rock ’n’ roll lyrics, and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960s, Straight from the Fridge, Dad is the perfect guide for all hep cats and kittens. Think of it as a sort of Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary for the beret-wearing, bongo-banging set. Solid, Jackson.

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About the Author

Max Décharné started out as the Gallon Drunk drummer before graduating to lead singer of the Flaming Stars. He is also an author and journalist for Mojo and Bizarre. He currently divides his time between London and Berlin.

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ISBN:
9780767908405
Subtitle:
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Author:
Decharne, Max
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Word Lists
Subject:
Beat generation
Subject:
Dictionaries - Idioms & Slang
Subject:
Americanisms
Subject:
Hippies
Subject:
English language -- United States -- Slang.
Edition Description:
1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
v. 2
Publication Date:
November 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.50x5.62x.51 in. .63 lbs.

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