Book on Vietnam War Slang

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Dalzell cites Robert R. McCammon who is a notable horror writer. He
may have invented the "Howdy Doody" chemical agent for one of his
stories.

Garson

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Hugo <hugovk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Searching Google Books, the same or shorter definition of Howdy Doody
> appears in:
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>  * The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
> (2007) by Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell
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>  * The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional
> English (2008) edited by Tom Dalzell
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> But I found no other references.
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> Hugo
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