[Ads-l] antedating "oomph"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Energy, vitality."

OED has this from 1935. Warner Bros. named Ann Sheridan the "Oomph Girl" in
1939.

1930 Nick Grinde & Zelda Sears _The Divorcee_ (film): Come on, Dot! Put
more oomph into it!  [A dance.]

JL

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