Etymological humor: Slang Origins by Woody Allen

[Randy Alexander]

Oh, yes, definitely!

I've been looking for my Mensa whore for decades.


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:

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> i second Garson's recommendation enthusiastically.
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> arnold
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> On Dec 4, 2012, at 9:12 PM, "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
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> > The collection Without Feathers by Woody Allen has a chapter titled
> > Slang Origins which attempts to find humor in etymology with uneven
> > success. I listened to Allen reading the chapter himself while I was
> > driving yesterday (via an Audible audiobook on an iPhone
> > bluetooth-connected to my car audio system).
> >
> > Without Feathers was published in 1975 so to some list members this
> > report is 37 years out of date. I highly recommend Allen's reading of
> > his short work "The Whore of Mensa" which is included in Without
> > Feathers.
> >
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