slider/Slyder(R), Gut-bomb

[Dave Wilton]

The term I first heard (mid-80s, while NJ had White Castle from way back, none
were local to me) was "moider boiger" (murder burger). That's pronunciation--I
never saw it written.

Quoting James Stalker <stalker at MSU.EDU>:

> On the Kentucky side of the river in the 50s, I recall that we called White
> Castle burgers armpits, generally more frequently than sliders.  Did that
> carry over to the IN side of the river?
>
> Jim Stalker
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: slider/Slyder(R), Gut-bomb
>
>
> > Kathleen must have been from the greasy rather than greazy part of
> > IN; down south we had White Castles in the 50s, but not as sliders
> > until later; 60's is probably right.
> >
> > dInIs (whose current recommendation for an excellent accompaniment to
> > a bag of sliders would be a Puglian Primitivo)
> >
> >
> > At 12:50 AM 2/13/2004 -0500, Doug Wilson wrote:
> >
> >
> > The slang term "slider" meaning "[small greasy] hamburger" (White Castle
> > style or similar) was used in the 1960's according to my own recollection.
> > It was not restricted to White Castle in my experience. The folk etymology
> > said that the burger was small and greasy enough that it slid down the
> > throat without the need for active chewing or swallowing ... or something
> > like that. I believe no major company would have advertised "sliders" (nor
> > "gut-bombs") back then.
> >
> >
> > There is a White Castle on the Black Horse Pike going down the shore in
> NJ.
> > Having grown-up in Indiana it was a new experience for me in the early
> > 80's. Dad, however, had recollection of the place going back to the
> > mid-40's when he would go down the shore with Pop-Pop and Nana. He recalls
> > them being called sliders back then. And, in his opinion, the reason the
> > little burgers were called such was because they went in - and out - shall
> > we say, without stopping.
> >
> > Kathleen E. Miller
> > Research Assistant to William Safire
> > The New York Times
> >
> >
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