[Ads-l] '50s slang"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Feb 4 16:03:30 UTC 2016


> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.answers.com_article_30824294_1950s-2Dslang-2Ddue-2Dfor-2Da-2Dserious-2Dcomeback-3Fparam4-3Dysa-2Dus-2Dde-2Dlifestyle-26param1-3D346678583&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Qw6EQYrN7HgfAm0Wa0tg6oSrUA3nE7vXKYiUalHwavo&s=GPub7hlWvCnxtW4lFb0r0bgiL6F1CTZ59ENe2BjgAvw&e= 
> 
> I've never heard of 50% of these.
> 
> JL
> 

Yeah, when I got to "negative perspiration" (for 'no sweat'), I stopped clicking

LH
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