[Ads-l] '50s slang"

[Jonathan Lighter]

And how could I (and they) have left out "the most," "real gone," and "to
gas," all of which hit their national teenage peak in the '50s.

JL

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:48 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > I've never heard of 50% of these.
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> I agree. Ain;t that a bitch? I nearly went apeshit, if not batshit, when I
> realized it was just a  con to hustle dogfood.
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