Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang - Softcover

Decharne, Max

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767912063 ISBN 13: 9780767912068

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2001

Synopsis

Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex, and drinking. Why talk when you can beat your chops, why eat when you can line your flue, and why snore when you can call some hogs? You're not drunk-you're just plumb full of stagger juice, and your skin isn't pasty, it's just caf? sunburn. Need a black coffee? That's a shot of java, nix on the moo juice.
Containing 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" is the perfect guide for all hep cats and kittens. Think of it as a sort of "Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary" for the beret-wearing, bongo-banging set. Solid, Jackson.

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Review

"Fun and appealing . . . draws heavily on American slang . . . Highly recommended for reference collections serving writers, historians, hipsters, and anyone who enjoys language." "--Library Journal"

"Fun and appealing . . .draws heavily on American slang . . .Highly recommended for reference collections serving writers, historians, hipsters, and anyone who enjoys language." "Library Journal""

"An afternoon spent poring through a vocabulary-building guide for your inner hipster is time well spent. . .Decharne has compiled the most righteous slang from film noir, blues, country, jazz and pulp fiction; with annotations and examples galore, it's guaranteed to turn a rube into a real wild child." "Entertainment Weekly""

"There's no question that in the pages of "Straight from the Fridge," Dad, everyday speech is put through some hilarious and convoluted permutations. But you don't have to take that on faith. Just cop a squat, cast your lamps on the book's leaves and dig its mellow kicks." "Chicago Tribune""

"If you are the kind of hep cat who harbours a burning urge to gas the slobs, then the righteous Max is the man. He shoots the works to fascinating and often hilarious effect." "Esquire""

"You'll surely be interested in having a new way to irritate your friends with obnoxious and obscure ways of saying 'to have sex' or to 'get drunk' (give 'burn rubber' and 'burning with a low blue flame' a whirl). Decharne has done a lot of homework here, but reading his book doesn't feel like school." "Philadelphia Weekly News""

"If you enjoy watching noir films, listening to blues or jazz, reading pulp novels or poring over certain song lyrics, this "dictionary of hipster slang," a guide to hep as it was spoken through the first half of the last century, will prove indispensable." "Independent""

From the Publisher

Straight From The Fridge Dad lays down the righteous jive
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the sixties actually dates back before WW2, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex and drinking. Why talk when you can beat your chops, why eat when you can line your flue and why snore when you can call some hogs? You're not drunk - you're just plumb full of stagger-juice and your skin isn't pasty, it's just cafe sunburn. Need a black coffee? That's a shot of java, nix on the moo juice. Containing 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 1960's, Straight From The Fridge Dad lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all you hipsters, B-girls, weedheads, moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers, snowbirds, trigger-men, grifters and long gone daddies.

"Good sacktime eye-candy" - Time Out

"Bopologist Max D gives the good gab on how to speak that hep hipster slang" - Mojo

"9/10" - Loaded

"Shoots the work to fascinating and hilarious effect" - Esquire "Perfect for whiling away an afternoon working on that indoor café sunburn" - I.D.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0767912063
• ISBN 13: 9780767912068
• Binding: Paperback