Straight from The Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang - Hardcover

Décharné, Max

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1842430009 ISBN 13: 9781842430002

Publisher: No Exit Press, 2000

Synopsis

This fascinating entree into the world of the hipster contains thousands of examples of slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock'n'roll lyrics from the 1920s to the 1960s. Whether you're a hipster, a B-girl, a weedhead, a moocher, a grifter, or a long gone daddy, this highly original reference should certainly hit the spot.

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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""

"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""

"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: No Exit Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1842430009
• ISBN 13: 9781842430002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224