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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1. Relaxing at home, staying out of trouble, laying low (see example)
2. Sitting in jail
"Now the kid was kick-back, linin' ..
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When someone comes to your house and gets a plastic cup out of the closet and then poops in it. After, he cleans it out and puts it back..
