Discussion opener for GRGR(5)

[Skip Wolfe]

On Sat, 16 Nov 1996 12:33:20 -0500 Paul Mackin <mackin at allware.com>
writes:

>Also, WHO the fuck is Jackson? ("Jackson, I don't give a . . .")


>From Wentworth & Flexner's _Dictionary of American Slang_:

"Jackson    n. A term of direct address signifying that the addressee is
hep; usu implies group acceptance or approval.  Orig. c1935 Harlem jive
use; wide use by jazz musicians and their followers, W.W.II Armed Forces
and student use until c1945; now archaic." 

. . . or is it?  Note in the _New York_ article that Jackson is the name
of TRP's son.  As usual, his instincts for naming are right on.

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