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A handy new pocket-sized edition of this cult classic. Containing 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 1960's, A Dictionary of Hipster Slang lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all you hipsters, B-girls, weedheads, moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers, snowbirds, trigger-men, grifters and long gone daddies.

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Fun and appealing . . . draws heavily on American slang . . . Highly recommended for reference collections serving writers, historians, hipsters, and anyone who enjoys language. --Library Journal Fun and appealing . . .draws heavily on American slang . . .Highly recommended for reference collections serving writers, historians, hipsters, and anyone who enjoys language. Library Journal An afternoon spent poring through a vocabulary-building guide for your inner hipster is time well spent. . .Decharne has compiled the most righteous slang from film noir, blues, country, jazz and pulp fiction; with annotations and examples galore, it's guaranteed to turn a rube into a real wild child. Entertainment Weekly There's no question that in the pages of Straight from the Fridge, Dad, everyday speech is put through some hilarious and convoluted permutations. But you don't have to take that on faith. Just cop a squat, cast your lamps on the book's leaves and dig its mellow kicks. Chicago Tribune If you are the kind of hep cat who harbours a burning urge to gas the slobs, then the righteous Max is the man. He shoots the works to fascinating and often hilarious effect. Esquire You'll surely be interested in having a new way to irritate your friends with obnoxious and obscure ways of saying 'to have sex' or to 'get drunk' (give 'burn rubber' and 'burning with a low blue flame' a whirl). Decharne has done a lot of homework here, but reading his book doesn't feel like school. Philadelphia Weekly News If you enjoy watching noir films, listening to blues or jazz, reading pulp novels or poring over certain song lyrics, this dictionary of hipster slang, a guide to hep as it was spoken through the first half of the last century, will prove indispensable. Independent

If you enjoy watching noir films, listening to blues or jazz, reading pulp novels or poring over certain song lyrics, this dictionary of hipster slang, a guide to hep as it was spoken through the first half of the last century, will prove indispensable. Independent

If you enjoy watching noir films, listening to blues or jazz, reading pulp novels or poring over certain song lyrics, this dictionary of hipster slang, a guide to hep as it was spoken through the first half of the last century, will prove indispensable. -- Independent

Now there's a new way of talking. Or rather, there is an old way of talking ripe for revival. Jive has returned. it's all thanks to Max Decharne's recently published Straight From the Fridge, Dad - a Dictionary of Hipster Slang, the lexicon for the hep cats of London's most swinging trotteries * The Times * If you enjoy watching noir films, listening to blues or jazz, reading pulp novels or poring over certain song lyrics, this dictionary of hipster slang , a guide to hep as it was spoken through the first half of the last century, will prove indispensable -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski * The Independent * handsomely illustrated with photos, record sleeves and pulp novel covers, this book would make a really great Christmas present for that one vintage clothing-obsessed 50s-throwback friend you have somewhere -- Stuart Hammond * Dazed and Confused * If you are the kind of hep cat who harbours a burning urge to gas the slobs, then the righteous Max is the man. He shoots the works to fascinating and often hilarious effect * Esquire * perfect for the wannabe hipster and will slip neatly into the inside lining of any zoot suit -- Chris Wiegand * Richmond Review *

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Max Décharné was born in England, and can still speak English when his business demands it. During the past fourteen years he has flung various books and records at the public, and travelled to a variety of countries, firstly as a member of Gallon Drunk, and since 1995 with his band The Flaming Stars, in an effort to spread peace, goodwill and partial deafness among the youth of the world. He still divides his drinking time between London and Berlin.

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