[Ads-l] '50s slang"

[Jonathan Lighter]

 Ouch!

JL

On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > 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.
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> A real george observation, Jon! ;-)
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