Word: slangs
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...Slang for radio...
Dartmouth men might use dancing for training--heavy college, much athletic and lots of space--"heavy bim," to use the slang phrase. But the college girls give the prize to the M. A. C. boys. They have more chance than Tech men have, and more co-eds to practise on. --The Springfield News...
...Harvard, you are being victimized by insidious propaganda. One Mr. Schierling of the Business School and Mr. George Ade, slang fablist extraordinary, Purdue alumni both have written lugubriously in the CRIMSON concerning their Alma Mater's chances today. But Mr. Schierling and Mr. Ade are chuckling up their respective sleeves. They don't really believe that "Purdue" is an old French word meaning "lost". Their motives, I suspect, are basely commercial...
...realm of fable and fancy will send two of its foremost citizens. George Ade, whose "Fables in Slang" delighted American and European readers of two decades ago, and George Barr McCutcheon, creator and king of the realm of Graustark, will be the two authors who claim Purdue as their Alma Mater, while J. T. McCutcheon, the cartoonist, will complete the trio of alumni which will carry the Purdue colors into the Stadium...
...thought Dempsey was 35," complained the lady in Buffalo, listening to her first fight. "He's 32," explained a male, "Ring slang makes boxers boys...