[Ads-l] Antedating of "On the Down Low"

[Shapiro, Fred]

on the down-low (OED, 1.b., 1998)

1993 Syracuse Herald-Journal 16 Dec. C9/1 (Newspapers.com)

GAY African American Male, 25 years, masculine .... You: Latino or African American, handsome, intelligent, masculine, ruffneck.  Let's keep it on the down low !

Fred Shapiro

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