retro-book By J.A. O’Sullivan The cover says it all: hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime. “I Love It When You Talk Retro,” a new book by Ralph Keyes, explores the history of America’s slang, sayings and street talk. Written crisply and divided into chapters like “Fighting Words, “Movie Metaphors and “Seen in the Funny …
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Keyes leads us on a retro-romp down Lingo Lane, where the artifacts of language are littered like roadkill. He organizes them in categories for us (Stump Speech, Law & Order, Movie Metaphors, Home & Hearth, etc.). Origins and history included. From “keep your powder dry” and “drop a dime” to “deep-six” and “six degrees of …
BEKKI'S BOOK BLOG
Language fascinates me, and I’ve read a few books on the history of word and phrase origins. It’s always interesting. “I Love it When You Talk Retro” by Ralph Keyes examined the origins of slang in our culture, both current and past. It was pretty good, mostly interesting. A little too political for my taste …