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01972cam a2200445Ia 4500 001 9F002ECA6C0211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 080709s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008030157 020 $a 0312340052 020 $a 9780312340056 035 $a (OCoLC)234260096 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UPZ $d C#P $d JP3 $d BWX $d CDX $d JQI $d VP@ $d CQU $d IWP $d SILO 100 1 $a Keyes, Ralph. 245 1 $a I love it when you talk retro : $b hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origins of American speech / $c Ralph Keyes. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2009. 300 $a viii, 310 p. : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index. 520 $a Discusses those "verbal fossils" that remain embedded in our national conversation long after the topic they refer to has galloped off into the sunset. Mrs. Robinson, Edsel, "Catch-22", Gangbusters, "Alphonse and Gaston", or "Where's the beef?" are just a few of the "retroterms" that can be found in this word-lover's store of trivia and obscure references. 650 0 $a English language $v Terms and phrases. 650 0 $a English language $x Idioms. 650 0 $a Figures of speech. 941 $a 13 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010014115.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722022721.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528044540.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204063401.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045333.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20180127014033.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228054546.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418071630.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824084441.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20120703014321.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20111222010638.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20100108071415.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9F002ECA6C0211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search