[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hi-Fi"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hi-fi (OED 1935)

1934 Morning Oregonian 20 Nov. 7/3 (Newspapers.com)

Add these to your radio lingo vocabulary: ... "Hi Fi" (high fidelity)".

Fred Shapiro

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