"That's/This's my _jam_!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ever notice how nobody* says "bag" anymore? Or "bread" for money?

Diagnostic features of ca1970 America.

*i.e., statistically negligible numbers (Inglish "amounts") of people.

JL


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > In which "jam" replaces "bag," "thing." et sim. Of course, in my lost
> teen
> > years, this meant "... is a record that I really like!"
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> It can still mean that, mutatis mutandis. Just replace "record" with
> "song (played and shared via a digital streaming service)," e.g.:
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> https://www.thisismyjam.com/
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> --bgz
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