 "Straight
from the Fridge, Dad"
by Max Decharne
Broadway Books, 2000
If you are going to
be part of hip culture, you are going to have to know the lexicon. You'll
have to be able to tell the difference between "hep" and "hip." You'll
have to know the various ways "cool" can be used in a sentence. And you'll
have to be able to decipher phrases such as: "Give me an intro to this
snake and I'll hitch up the reindeers for you." Basically, if you don't
know the hip language you will be taken for a square. And no self-respecting
swinger wants that. For those who need to brush-up on their hipster slang,
this is the book for you. Max Decharne has gone through his collection
of pulp paperbacks, old jazz records, and juvenile delinquent and noir
movies to compile the entries featured here. It gives you cool cat words
for all occasions--whether you're ready to "ball that jack," "going to
fist city," or even "upping some real crazy riffs."
"Straight From the Fridge" covers
slang from the early days of swing to the late days of the Rat Pack. This
era, more than any other, defined cool the world over. Hipster slang, as
Decharne proves, is still alive and well today. What is most surprising
things about this book is the number of terms that are still in wide use
today. Decharne says that he hopes to put out future updates of this book
and that the hipster dictionary will become a huge tome of swinger slang.
Decharne was recently interviewed by your truly as part of WILL-Radio's
features program "Sidetrack." Click
here to listen to the program (his interview is the second piece on
the program.)
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