woody=early wood-sided auto

[mark worden]

Chapman & Kipfer Dict American Slang say it dates from the '50s surfer
lingo.

Where's the Random House Historical Dict of American Slang, vol "W" when ya
need it?

Quark out
Lower Umpqua Addictive Conundrum Institute


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From: "Sam Clements" <sclements at NEO.RR.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: woody=early wood-sided auto


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> So, Jan and Dean(with the writing help of Brian Wilson} say in the 1963
hit
> Surf City, "I got a '30 Ford wagon and I call it a woody."  (Unless,of
> course, there's a mondegreen lurking there).
>
> The OED cites "woody" to mean a wood-sided auto  from 1961.  Fine.
>
> What did the world call that car before 1961?  You mean it didn't have a
> slang name?
>