"Turd Ferguson" slang book; Indiana "Pitch-In Supper" (1923)

Tue Sep 7 04:14:52 UTC 2004

 Two from Google News, which sometimes doesn't have Barry Popik stories.

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TURD FERGUSON

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Slang Thang: Two WFU grads wrote the book on college slang

Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Winston-Salem Journal   
(...)
Now, Applebaum and Pittman have written a book, Turd Ferguson & The Sausage 
Party: An Uncensored Guide to College Slang (iUniverse, Inc., $11.95). The book 
is a collection of some of the most interesting slang phrases used on college 
campuses.
(...)
• Bar Scar: All the wristbands and ink left over after making the rounds at 
the bars.
• Cash Cow: An ATM.
• Greek Freak: A new pledge who is super-absorbed in sorority/fraternity 
goings-on.
• Hallcest: The dangerous act of getting with someone on your hall.
• Hitting the Snooze Bar: To continue to hook up with someone even though you 
should really break up. Prolonging the inevitable.
• Kelvin Club: The rare feat of having a GPA that equals absolute zero.
Liquid Encouragement: Refers to how alcohol can help you be able to talk or 
attempt to talk to anyone.
• Osmosis: A method of study employed by crammers who fall asleep with their 
heads on their books. Not very reliable.
• Party Foul: An incident that goes against the rules of the party. For 
example, spilling your glass of red wine on the Dean’s white carpet during an 
elegant mixer or mistaking the coat closet for a bathroom.
• Pizza Bones: The uneaten crust of a pizza. Often scavenged by cheap friends 
like Barry down the hall.
• Sausage Party: A gathering of many more men than women.
• Sexiled: When someone is forced to sleep outside his/her room when his/her 
roomate wants to have sex in the room.
• Tomb of the Dead Soldiers: A trashcan filled with many, many beer cans.
• Turd Ferguson: A social sore who decides things like exposing oneself in 
public or driving drunk are good ideas.
• Vitamin N: Short for vitamin nicotine. Refers to having a cigarette first 
thing in the morning.
• Vurp: When you burp but some vomit comes up, too. A very nasty experience.    

(Pizza Bones? Me?...The HDAS has "dead soldiers" as the latest slang 
from...1899!--ed.)

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INDIANA "PITCH-IN"

http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/172637-9237-047.html 
Indiana 'pitches in' with its own brand of slang terminology    
August 24, 2004

Hoosiers speak their own language. Here's a quick glossary of terms, courtesy 
of the Indiana University Department of Linguistics.

Pitch-in: A gathering where everyone contributes a dish to eat, known by the 
rest of the English-speaking world as a potluck.

Mango: Ha! You thought it was a tropical fruit. For some weird reason, a lot 
of folks around Bloomington and Terre Haute use this word to describe a green 
pepper.

Toboggan: Nope, not a sled. To Hoosiers in the southern part of the state, 
this is a knit cap worn in winter.

Nibnose: A nosey person. Can also be an adjective, e.g. "She's awfully 
nibbey."

Giggin' (as opposed to gigging): Hunting frogs in order to eat frog legs.

Sweep the carpet: Vacuum the carpet.

Cheese toasty: Fort Wayne-speak for a grilled-cheese sandwich.

Hoosier: There are hundreds of stories about where the word comes from, but 
it's most widely believed to have originated in the Appalachian Mountains as a 
pejorative term for an unrefined, country roughneck. Turns out a lot of native 
Indiana people's ancestors migrated here from Virginia and West Virginia. In 
St. Louis, hoosier is still pretty much an insult, but here it's come to mean 
anyone from Indiana.

-- Courtenay Edelhart

(Wrong about "Hoosier." See my excellent "Hoosier" piece in the old ADS-L 
archives...DARE has "pitch-in dinner" from 1965-70--ed.)

(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
   Indianapolis Star    Monday, May 07, 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana  
...home, that the day closed with a "PITCH-IN" SUPPER, she said, VOh, 
they.....wore straw hats IN snow time and furs IN summer. "I lived IN the days when..
Pg. 6, col. 7:
When we mentioned to a friend, on coming home, that the day closed with a 
"pitch in" supper, she said, "Oh, they have them in Greensburg, too?" So this 
institution is evidently not peculiar to Tipton. Its neighborliness and good 
fellowship would make one wish that it was not limited to one locality, but 
belonged to the entire state.

   Indianapolis Star    Sunday, June 08, 1924 Indianapolis, Indiana     
...day. The Kentland chapter will have a PITCH-IN SUPPER on June 13 with Mrs. 
E.....for Mrs. Jessie Logan. The ;annual PITCH-IN dINner will be held -IN 
the..   
Pg. 30, col. 3:
The annual pitch-in dinner will be held in the city park this month.
(Rushville--ed.)
Pg. 30, col. 4: 
The Kentland chapter will have a pitch-in supper on June 13 with Mrs. E. S. 
Hess, Mrs. Faye Burgess and Mrs. Virginia Spradling as members of the committee 
in charge.

   Newark Advocate  Saturday, August 08, 1936 Newark, Ohio  
...I Fred WatkINs. William R. Dean, a PITCH-IN SUPPER and stay for 
the.....monthly busINess meetINg and potluck SUPPER Monday at 6 p. m. Sunday school..  

   Chronicle Telegram   Thursday, October 14, 1937 Elyria, Ohio     
...LAQRAXGE Gleaners' Class will hold a "PITCH-IN" SUPPER and Hallowe'en 
party at.....Night. X. The 115th anniversary SUPPER will be held at the..    

 Lima News  Friday, November 06, 1942 Lima, Ohio    
...for the group's first social event, a "PITCH-IN-SUPPER." Miss Znlia 
Harbaugh.....n-.is-INn-. nil 3-DIAMOND BEAUTY Rich IN beauty rich IN rich IN 
quality. 2..    

 Walla Walla Union Bulletin     Thursday, July 18, 1946 Walla Walla, 
Washington 
...slowly. thick add broken nut meats and PITCH-IN SUPPER Your Answer to 
Guest.....IN for SUPPER. Why not ask them to PITCH IN and contribute their 
favorite..  

 Daily Independent  Wednesday, August 31, 1955 Kannapolis, North Carolina   
...harvest time. Call ft what you will. PITCH-IN SUPPER. Barn dance. Or 
corn.....Patterson, and that evenINg were SUPPER guests of Mr: 'and Mrs. j Rev..  

 Great Bend Daily Tribune   Friday, September 02, 1955 Great Bend, Kansas 
...etijoy harvest time. it what you will. PITCH-IN SUPPER. Barn dance. Or 
com.....29. The next family card pSty and SUPPER will be given by Mrs. Henry 
Cook..   

 Herald     Thursday, January 22, 1959 Chicago, Illinois    
...Game Dear Peg' Our foursome had its PITCH-IN SUPPER recently and the 
food.....The tricky answer to this one was IN the first Whoever IN the audience.. 

   Sheboygan Press  Friday, August 06, 1965 Sheboygan, Wisconsin    
...call a potluck meal, they call a "PITCH IN." Jane also noted that IN
stead.....O, II County Delegates Learn About INdiana 4-H Clubs Johnson County, 
from..    
Pg. 18?, col. 8:
Jane Mayhew, Meadowlarks 4-H Club, said that Indiana people use many 
different speaking terms. What Sheboygan County people call a potluck meal, they call 
a "pitch in." Jane also noted that instead of them seving milk for meals they 
served iced tea.

 Newark Advocate    Monday, April 07, 1969 Newark, Ohio     
...Kappa Gamma S o c i e t y. p .m.. 'PITCH-IN-SUPPER" and meetINg, 
with.....for visitINg KINgswood Gardens IN Mansfield. LosINg lassies TOPS Met at..    

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COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC

WHERE DID BARRY POPIK EAT TODAY?--My sister's home in Scarsdale. My autistic 
nephew would come to the kitchen, grab five cookies, and disappear--about 
every fifteen minutes of my visit. "He's a cookie monster!" my sister said. "A BIG 
cookie monster."

WHERE DID BARRY POPIK EAT YESTERDAY?--Togo's Sandwiches for lunch, Olive 
Garden for dinner--two chains I've never tried. Someone at work said that it's "To 
Go," but I was told it's Togo like Pogo. There is a Togo's on E. 68th and 
First Avenue, together with Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins. My cheese sandwich 
lunch was just OK. Olive Garden in Times Square was standard.

Coming home from Olive Garden, I walked past Big Apple Corner, then to the 
Ziegfeld Theater, and then saw three Big Apple Fest apples in the alley there, 
right by City Center. A car came by and some people were shouting "WOOOO!" A 
woman took off her top...That doesn't happen often enough in NYC, IMHO.