Getting me through the Winter
March 11, 2007
Prohibition-Era Euphemisms for Alcohol
The noble experiment of 1920-1933 didn’t stop anyone from drinking, of course. But the dubious quality of bootleg liquor and homemade toadstool hooch did cause sufficient brain damage among the speakeasy set such that simple, useful descriptiors were maniacally replaced with the zippy, jazz-age lingo of the insane. Broadway was “That Great Glowing Gulch of Drowning Dreams,” tough guys were “gorillas,” and “gorillas” were “mega-chimps.”
The Areas of My Expertise
John Hodgman
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chrisfiore5 | April 22, 2007 at 3:47 pm
hello bex,
just dropped in to check out the latest entry in your blog… oh by the way, it is time for an update!
I see we share the Hemingway category, interesting…
hope all is well with you.
peace.