college slang of the '20s

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:38 PM -0800 1/25/06, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Am given to understand that the following college papers contain
>articles on student slang of the '20s.  For those who may have
>access.
>
>   _Ohio State Lantern_ (March 27, 1922)
>
>   _UCLA Daily_ (Sept. 29, 1925)
>
>   _UCLA Daily_ (March 29, 1926)
>
>   _UCLA Daily_ (November 29, 1927)
>
Wow.  The UCLA Daily so long ago it wasn't even Bruin yet.  Seems
like appropriate institutions for this, given the collections in
OSU's _Language Files_ and especially Pam Munro's published
collections of _UCLA Slang_ half a century later.

Larry

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