Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Today's" cop operas indeed.

JL

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > HDAS: app. _well established_ by 1938.
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> Likewise so in today's cop operas and almost every other kind of TV
> show, other than talking heads, as well as in movies of the Porky's /
> American Pie genre.
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