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Cab Calloway’s “Hepster Dictionary,” A 1939 Glossary of the Lingo (the “Jive”) of the Harlem Renaissance

Interesting to see how many of these are still in common usage.

As for the ones that dropped out, I think we should bring back “battle” just for Hillary’s 2016 run.

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