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Ethnic Joke: Black
Ethnic (Black) Joke:
Did you hear about the accident on the Lodge Freeway Yesterday?
A colored guy stuck his head out of the window while travelling 60 mph, and his lips beat him to death!
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The word negro is written in the top left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card was located in a pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; Canjar, Michael
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY SLANG ; Distasteful Jokes ; ETHNIC JOKE ; Freeway ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; Stereotype
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 RIDDLE -- W566 Filter - Mature Content |
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Ethnic Joke: Black
Negro:
Excited negro bank bandit says "OK you mudder stickers, this is a fuck up."
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Submission card located in a pile marked [?]
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; Parks, William ; Collection
Keyword(s): Black ; DEROGATORY ; ETHNIC ; HUMOR ; Language ; NEGRO ; Offensive ; SLANG ; Stereotype ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
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Slang Expressions:
Dippy, fag, flag, bad, bold, jive, slimey, freaky, chumpy, jivey, cool, rocked, jammed, super, ain't, jolly, looney, goof, goofy, "da," bull, shoo, shy not, why.
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Where learned: Mostrag, Marilyn ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): Language ; SLANG ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
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Custom/Belief
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
School Custom Concerning Dress:
Anyone who wore green and yellow to school on Thursday was considered to be "queer."
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I can recall this as being practiced while I was in grade school.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): COLOR ; DRESS ; Green ; Homophobia ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Presentation ; SCHOOL ; SLANG ; Thursday ; YELLOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Retort
I don't know where Mom is, but we've got Pop on ice!
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My father used to say this to me when I was small and would ask him where my mother was!
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Where learned: HOME ; Peterson, Gordon Sr
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Ice ; INSULT ; Mom ; POP ; PUN ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; SLANG ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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In some country places stepping into cow manure is called "cutting your foot."
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Keyword(s): Colloquialism ; COUNTRY ; Cow ; Cutting ; Foot ; MANURE ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; Step ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
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I have heard country folk use the phrase "Garfield" in the same way as many others would say "Well, I'll be..."
It's a word of surprise.
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Keyword(s): Garfield ; Language ; SLANG ; SURPRISE ; Term ; WORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Language
School Vocabulary;
"brown bagging it'
Carrying your lunch in a paper sack.
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Keyword(s): Bag ; Brown ; Colloquialism ; Language ; Lunch ; Nickname ; Paper ; Sac ; SCHOOL ; SLANG ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
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Everything: "the whole kit and kaboodle"
Phrase meaning all, everything, everybody
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Keyword(s): Everything ; Kaboodle ; Kit ; Language ; Nickname ; SLANG ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
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Chew The Fat:
To sit around and "chew the fat" means to talk, rap, gab, etc.
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Keyword(s): Chew ; Colloquialism ; Fat ; GOSSIP ; Language ; Nickname ; SLANG ; TALK ; Term ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
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I have heard North Hall referred to as "Menopause Manor" the reason being that there are quite a few older residents in the dorm.
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North Hall of Vanderbilt University
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Dormitory ; Female ; Language ; Manor ; Menopause ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; University ; Vanderbilt ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
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Etymology of "shotgun"
I remember how in grade school days my brother and I would yell out "shotgun" as we ran to the car for a ride. This word claimed a seat by the window for whoever could shout first.
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Keyword(s): Car ; ETYMOLOGY ; Language ; Origin ; Shotgun ; SLANG ; Window ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
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"grandma's visit" is another term for menstrual period.
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Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; Grandma ; Language ; Menstrual ; MENSTRUATION ; Nickname ; Period ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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"Lag" means carry
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Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): CARRY ; Lag ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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"wag" means carry
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Keyword(s): CARRY ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary ; Wag
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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"Piecing" means munching on candy or junk instead of eating a meal.
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Heard from people from Delaware
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Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): CANDY ; FOOD ; Junk ; Language ; Nutrition ; Piecing ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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"Hatching Jacket" is a maternity dress or top.
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Where learned: Edmondson, N P
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DRESS ; Hatching ; Jacket ; Language ; Maternity ; PREGNANCY ; SLANG ; Top ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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Wheel is another name for bicycle
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Where learned: Harwell, H Q
Keyword(s): Bicycle ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary ; Wheel
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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Copper is another name for a penny
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Where learned: Harwell, H Q
Keyword(s): Copper ; Language ; METAL ; MONEY ; Penny ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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Many people in middle Tenn. speak of living in the "Bible Belt" of the state because churches are so prominent.
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Keyword(s): Belt ; BIBLE ; CHURCH ; COUNTRY ; Language ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; STATE ; Tennessee ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |