"Up tight" (1967 drug ref)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 05:02:04AM -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, like so many titles on GoogleBS, only selected strips
> of text are visible. There's a two-page "junkie's glossary" at the
> beginning of the book that looks pretty interesting, though. Might be
> worth the $2.95 that it's selling for on Alibris.

I have a copy of this. It's not very good, highly derivative, and,
if possible, more sensational ("Drugs! Sordid sex!") than '50s pulps.
But I'd be happy to retype the glossary if anyone really wants to
see it.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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