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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

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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.

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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: viii, 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312340056
0312340052

SUBJECTS
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Idioms.
Figures of speech.