Rico says he came upon some interesting word derivations in this book, all dating from the election of 1840.There were new catch-phrases never before heard that would enter forever into the American vocabulary:
Keep the ball rolling
booz(e) (meaning liquor, after E.G. Booz, the Philadelphia distiller who supplied the hard cider for the Whig campaign in log-cabin shaped bottles)
and O.K. (now normally spelled okay) for Old Kinderhook, the nickname for Martin Van Buren
No comments:
Post a Comment