Oops! Missed Wednesday – Plan B
This week, since I
missed Wordplay “Wednesday” we’re gonna switch it up to “Wayback Wordplay.”
Nostalgic thoughts breed abstract, sometimes chaotic, reminiscing.
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In
the 1960s and ‘70s things were volatile one day, giving way to Peace, Love, and Rock & Roll
the next, much the same as today.
Just
as jumbled in our jargon, we coined new words and mashed some together for a
unique blend of slang. Traveling down California’s coast this week, I’m
reminiscing and …
CHILLAXIN' – in the mid-1960s and
early ‘70s to “chill” meant to relax – at some point, someone really wanted
emphasis and squished the two words together for slang that lasted much of the latter
decade. Cool, man …
