WOW, that's a great question; maybe we should ask the graybeards on the List, but I think, thinking back to 77 Sunset Strip: there is "hip" ( "I'm hip, to that") , "hipster", daddie-o (or : daddy-O ) , and "cool" (late 50's, as in cool jazz) and Kookie (Ed Burns) and I think "way out", and "man", too. "Far out" was a mid-late 60's invention. 60's had a LOT of slang, but, we're talking 50's here.... Of , course, most hipster slang began with the "beats", which spawned : beatniks (after 1958's Russian Sputnik satellite) . Anyone recall any regional 50's slang???? Neil (old) Vedder ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 --- Begin Message --- |