groupie slang (1969)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ah, yes. Groupies were big news in 1969.  Anyway, the glossary is clearly British, as were the earliest groupies to make news here.

  Also, observe the alternation between {wh-} and {w-} in _whank_ and the more usu. spelling _wank_.

  JL

Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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There are recordings floating around the blogosphere taken from an
audio documentary called "The Groupies" by Alan Lorber, released on
Earth Records in 1969. Various rock-band groupies give extremely
candid interviews about their experiences:

http://dirtything.blogspot.com/2006/01/groupies.html
http://recordbrother.typepad.com/imagesilike/2005/05/the_groupies_.html

Included in the liner notes on the back cover of the album is a
"groupie glossary," with slang terms used by the interviewees. The
glossary can be seen on this page (third image down):

http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/12-1.html


--Ben Zimmer

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