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Hep to the Step, Hep to the Lingo: What is Jive?

This entry was posted in babble, quirk, random and tagged Culture, history, Jazz, language evolution, learn languages, music, New York City, Slang, Subculture, United States on December 9, 2016 by Heather Keagan .
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Language can define a generation; just look at the effect the internet, with sites like Tumblr, Vine, and Reddit, has had on the way we speak today. Groovy vernacular was common in the 60s, while the 80s was rad,  perhaps even tubular. What about the age of jazz during the 30s and the 40s? Whaddya(…)

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