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I am going to remember some of these...you have a favorite?

I am going to remember some of these...you have a favorite?

Originally shared by Dangerous Minds

‘Cab Calloway’s Hepster’s Dictionary: Language of Jive’ (1939)

Fruiting (v.)—fickle, fooling around with no particular object. 
Fry (v.)—to go to get hair straightened. 
Gabriels (n.)—trumpet players.
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  1. Ann KennedyJanuary 25, 2015 at 6:23 AM

    Groovy vocabulary list:-)  Love all of it and have many favorites.  Or should I say "Favs".

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  2. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)January 25, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    Cab, so good at what he did. I always loved his "Minnie the Moocher".

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  3. Mike MartinJanuary 25, 2015 at 8:23 AM

    First picture I've seen of Calloway as a young man. My mother used to sing parts of "Minnie the Moocher" when I was a kid. Learned later that the song had plenty of drug references hidden in its "jive."

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  4. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)January 25, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    "Poor Min."

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  5. Will GJanuary 26, 2015 at 5:12 AM

    "mash me a fin, I'm melted out"

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  6. P.J. SchabergerJanuary 28, 2015 at 1:09 AM

    Great! I love the King of hi-de-ho

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