{"id":2924,"date":"2011-07-25T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2011-07-25T20:53:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T02:53:47","slug":"postwar-word-follies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2924","title":{"rendered":"Postwar Word Follies"},"content":{"rendered":"

She likes the whole Greenwich Village<\/strong> life! She’s no bimbo<\/strong>, snookums<\/strong>. And other new\u00a0 expressions from 1919.<\/a><\/p>\n

Should you buy a leotard<\/strong> for your martial arts<\/strong> practice? Nah<\/strong>, don’t bother. And other new expressions from 1920. <\/a><\/p>\n

Live down on the kolkholz<\/strong>? That’s Hicksville<\/strong>, Tovarich. (I better not let the Cheka<\/strong> catch me saying that.) And other new expressions from 1921.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She likes the whole Greenwich Village life! She’s no bimbo, snookums. And other new\u00a0 expressions from 1919. Should you buy a leotard for your martial arts practice? Nah, don’t bother. And other new expressions from 1920. Live down on the kolkholz? That’s Hicksville, Tovarich. (I better not let the Cheka catch me saying that.) 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His main question is whether a new military policy on homosexuals serving openly (they have always been there clandestinely) will affect the ability\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7237,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7237","url_meta":{"origin":2924,"position":4},"title":"Call for Papers: The Occult Imagination in Britain","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"May 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Christine Ferguson and Andrew Radford, both of the University of Glasgow, seek contributors for an edited collection, The Occult Imagination in Britain, 1875-1947. 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