Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
by Max Décharné
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Features thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock'n'roll lyrics and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960s. Straight from the Fridge, Dad lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all hipsters, B-girls, weedheads, moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers, snowbirds, trigger-men, grifters and long-gone daddies.Tags
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Not really what I expected, but okay. A lot of the slang goes back to the twenties, thirties, etc. Some of it goes back farther than I thought. A lot of the sources (movies, books, songs) aren't the ones I would normally see, read, or listen to, but there were a few that I knew and used.
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Max Decharne was born in England, and can still speak English when his business demands it. He has flung various books and records at the public, and travelled the world, firstly as a member of Gallon Drunk, and since 1995 with The Flaming Stars. He is a regular contributor to Mojo, and divides his drinking time between London and Berlin
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- Genres
- Reference, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 427.97303 — Language English & Old English languages Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English Geographic variations Geographic variations in North America United States standard subdivisions Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
- LCC
- PE3727 .B43 .D43 — Language and Literature English language English Slang. Argot, etc.
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- Languages
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