I've just finished my article on slang. Twenty-three pages compiled from a dozen reference...
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Professor Bertram Potts:
I've just finished my article on slang. Twenty-three pages compiled from a dozen reference books, eight hundred examples.
Prof. Robinson:
Well?
Professor Bertram Potts:
Everything from the idiotic combination of "absotively" to the pajorative use of "zigzag." I traced the evolution of "hunky-dory," tracked down "skidoo" from "skedaddle." Eight-hundred examples and I may as well throw it in the wastebasket. Three weeks work...
Prof. Robinson:
You're hysterical.
Professor Bertram Potts:
Outmoded... based on reference books twenty years old. Take "smooch," take "dish," take, uh...
Prof. Oddly:
"Hoi toi toi?"
Professor Bertram Potts:
"Hoi toi toi." Not one of them included.
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I've just finished my article on slang
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Twenty three pages compiled from a dozen reference books
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Eight hundred examples Well
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Everything from the idiotic combination absotively
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to the pejorative use of zigzag
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I traced the evolution of hunky dory
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tracked down skiddo from skedaddle
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Eight hundred examples and I may as well throw it in the waste basket
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Three weeks' work Potts you're hysterical
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Outmoded Based on reference books 20 years old
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Take smooch Take dish Take
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Hoytoytoy Hoytoytoy Not one of them included
Clip duration: 32 seconds
Views: 200
Timestamp in movie: 00h 13m 25s
Uploaded: 19 November, 2022
Genres: comedy, romance
Summary: A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
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