{"product_id":"straight-from-the-fridge-dad-isbn-9780767908405","title":"Straight from the Fridge, Dad","description":"Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMuch of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, 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 caf? sunburn. Need a black coffee? That’s a shot of java, nix on the moo juice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContaining 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 1960s, \u003ci\u003eStraight from the Fridge, Dad\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect guide for all hep cats and kittens. Think of it as a sort of \u003ci\u003eThirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary\u003c\/i\u003e for the beret-wearing, bongo-banging set. Solid, Jackson.Max Décharné started out as the Gallon Drunk drummer before graduating to lead singer of the Flaming Stars. He is also an author and journalist for \u003ci\u003eMojo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBizarre\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently divides his time between London and Berlin.\u003cb\u003eA-1 \u003c\/b\u003e The best, top of the heap\u003cbr\u003e\"That's my baby,' I said. 'We'll have our good times. Just you and me and thirty grand; maybe five or ten more if it's an A-1 job.\"  From the novel \u003ci\u003eSavage Night\u003c\/i\u003e, Jim Thompson, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA-Bomb juice\u003c\/b\u003e  Moonshine liquor  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA-OK \u003c\/b\u003e Fine, all in order, just right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  A double this\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003etime, waiter\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003e  Your singles keep leaking  \u003c\/b\u003eThe correct way to order drinks From \u003ci\u003eOcean's Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel of the film screenplay, George Clayton Johnson and Golden Russell, 1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e A Shape in a drape \u003c\/b\u003e Someone who looks good in clothes, is sharply dressed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Abyssinia\u003c\/b\u003e   See you later (I'll be seein'  ya.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Ace\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Something superlative, the top\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           2. One dollar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           3. A marijuana cigarette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           4. A policeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"'Who's chasin' you, Frankie?\"\u003cbr\u003e  The aces. They're goin' to pin the sluggin' on me.' \"\u003cbr\u003e  From the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Golden Arm\u003c\/i\u003e, Nelson Algren, 1949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          5. \"An outstanding, regular fellow.\"\u003cbr\u003e  From the booklet \u003ci\u003eThe Jives of Doctor Hepcat\u003c\/i\u003e, Lavada Durst, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAce in the hole\u003c\/b\u003e  Something in reserve, an advantage, secret weapon, deriving from cardplayers having an ace up their sleeve  See the jazz recording \u003ci\u003eAce in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, The Black Diamond Seranaders, 1926.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAce out \u003c\/b\u003e Cheat, defraud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAces up\u003c\/b\u003e  Something mighty fine, excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e  What's happening,\u003cbr\u003ee.g., \"Where's the action, pops?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAdobe dolla\u003c\/b\u003er  Mexican peso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAge of pain \u003c\/b\u003e Prohibition, the time of the 18th Amendment, which lasted from January 1920 until December 1933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAgitate the gravel \u003c\/b\u003e  Leave, depart, vamoose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAin't no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones \u003c\/b\u003e  Enjoy yourself, get with it, relax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAin't nothin' you can tell me I don't already know\u003c\/b\u003e   I'm right, you're wrong, shut up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlabama lie\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edetector\u003c\/b\u003e  Police baton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll broke out with the blues   \u003c\/b\u003eDepressed, low-down\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll creeped up\u003c\/b\u003e  Scared, apprehensive, frightened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll-electric\u003c\/b\u003e  Far better looking than the average\u003cbr\u003e \"Ordinarily, too, I am not a guy who goes ga-ga on lamping a babe, even though, like this one, she makes it appear that other gals run on gas and she's an all-electric.\"  From the novel \u003ci\u003eSlab Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard S. Prather, 1958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll gone\u003c\/b\u003e  Drunk, intoxicated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e All over them like\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea cheap dog suit\u003c\/b\u003e   Sticking really close to someone,\u003cbr\u003ee.g., \"That guy at the dance was all over my sister like a cheap suit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll sharped up\u003c\/b\u003e  Well dressed, suavely turned out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll shook up  \u003c\/b\u003eDisturbed, hopped up, excited, real gone\u003cbr\u003e\"Cool down Eve, you look all shook up.\"  From the novel \u003ci\u003eScandal High\u003c\/i\u003e, Herbert O. Pruett, 1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAll steamed up like a pants presse\u003c\/b\u003er  Sexually excited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  All wet \u003c\/b\u003e Disappointing, worthless\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlligator\u003c\/b\u003e  1.\u003ci\u003e Down Beat's Yearbook of Swing\u003c\/i\u003e, 1939, lists this as \"a swing fan who plays no instrument, or musician who frequents places where orchestras are playing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                   2. Hipster term of address, often shortened to \"gator.\" Similar in meaning to \"cat\" or \"hepcat\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlready slated for crashville\u003c\/b\u003e   Out of control\u003cbr\u003e e.g., \"We could see that the car was already slated for crashville.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlreet \u003c\/b\u003e In order, fine, very good\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Alroot\u003c\/b\u003e  See \"alreet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Alvin\u003c\/b\u003e  A rube, a sucker, an easy mark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e Amscray  \u003c\/b\u003eRun away, leave (pig latin for \"scram\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Ankle\u003c\/b\u003e  To walk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Ants in my pants\u003c\/b\u003e  Sexually excited\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm gonna hug you baby good and tight, now love me baby like you done last night, cause I got ants in my pants,\u003cbr\u003ebaby for you . . .\"  From the blues recording \u003ci\u003eAnts in My Pants\u003c\/i\u003e, Bo Carter, 1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAnywhere\u003c\/b\u003e  Possessing drugs,\u003cbr\u003ee.g., \"Is you anywhere?\" (Do you have any?)  From the autobiography \u003ci\u003eReally the Blues,\u003c\/i\u003e Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, 1946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eApplesauce\u003c\/b\u003e  Flattery, insincere praise, a load of old flannel; \u003cbr\u003ee.g., \"Don't hand me that applesauce, Pops.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eArk\u003c\/b\u003e  \"Dance hall, coliseum, any building for dances, meetings, etc.\"  From the booklet \u003ci\u003eThe Jives of Doctor Hepcat\u003c\/i\u003e, Lavada Durst, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eArtillery\u003c\/b\u003e  Guns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  As bare as hell's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebackyard\u003c\/b\u003e  Completely empty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  As busy as a one-legged tapdancer  \u003c\/b\u003eExtremely busy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e As dead as five-cent beer \u003c\/b\u003e Dead and buried\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  As drunk as two sailors \u003c\/b\u003e Soused, plastered, three sheets to the wind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  As full as a pair of goats  \u003c\/b\u003eTotally drunk\u003cbr\u003e \"Before long we were as full as a pair of goats.\"  From the short story \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Horseshoe\u003c\/i\u003e, Dashiell Hammett, 1920s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ashes\u003c\/b\u003e  Having sex\u003cbr\u003e e.g., \"Getting your ashes hauled.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"She said I could haul her ashes better than any other man, she said I could sow my seed anytime in her ash can.\"From \u003ci\u003eAsh Can Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, Bob Clifford, c. 1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"I worked all winter and I worked all fall, I've gotta wait until spring to get my ashes hauled.\"  From the blues recording Tired \u003ci\u003eAs I Can Be\u003c\/i\u003e, Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan), 1934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  See also \u003ci\u003eAlleyman\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHaul My Ashes)\u003c\/i\u003e, Sadie Green, 1926 and \u003ci\u003eLooking for My Ash Hauler\u003c\/i\u003e, Washboard Sam, 1937.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAwash\u003c\/b\u003e  Drunk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAxe\u003c\/b\u003e  Musical instrumentA Broadway Original","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302274060517,"sku":"NP9780767908405","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780767908405.jpg?v=1767737390","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/straight-from-the-fridge-dad-isbn-9780767908405","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}