What is Vanishing Americana?
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A term for Americanisms or inventions that are gradually disappearing, as described in the book "Going Going Gone: Vanishing Americana" by by Susan Jonas and Marilyn Nissenson.
Hood ornaments. Prank phone calls. Phonebooths with doors. Blue laws. Hitchiking. Men's clubs. Garter belts. The 'Red Menace'. Typewriters. Rotary telephones.
Random Words:
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When one catches himself in his fly, usually after being to a urinal.
When in Public toilet:
A: "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH"
B: &q..
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A preference for jeans, even in the work place and "grown up" world; an aversion to slacks.
I can't go to that client me..
