Jump sturdy (was Re: New movie)

[Mark Mandel]

Thanks.

m a m

On Jan 24, 2008 12:02 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> My guess is that it's "Jump Study" ("study" [st^dI] is a very common
> BE pronunciation of "steady"), with "study" eggcorned to "sturdy" and
> is a nickname for someone who's a good dancer or, perhaps, someone who
> steady be dancing or, perhaps, someone whose signature dance (her
> "number") is the "jump steady," of which, in the 'Sixties in L.A.,
> there were two versions: one American and one African.
>
> WRT "number" as "signature dance," my mother, b.1913, used to tell me
> that, when she was a teenager, a popular dance was the "black bottom"
> ( from "every tub on its own black bottom"?) and our cousin, Lois,
> "owned" it. When people wanted to see the dance done best, they would
> say, "Do your number, Lois!"
>
> -Wilson
>
> On 1/24/08, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Veering off in another direction entirely, can anyone shed light on a
> name
> > in a Dr. John song for me? The chorus:
> >
> > > Jump Sturdy, Jump Sturdy was her name.
> >
> > She came out the swamp like a crazy fool.
> > >
> >
> > m a m
> >
> > On Jan 19, 2008 3:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've never heard "jump ugly," but that could be due to the fact that,
> > > having reached an advanced state of maturity, I no longer hang out on
> > > much corner and, therefore, have far less knowledge of what up than I
> > > had in my younger days. However, IM perhaps obsolescent O, they all
> > > should mean the same: "become (unexpectedly) insulting," as opposed to
> > > "jump salty," meaning "become (unexpectedly) angry." Though, if
> > > someone told me that "jump ugly" actually meant the same as "jump
> > > salty," I'd certainly be more than willing to sit corrected.
> > >
> > > -Wilson
> > >
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