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To: tioga

“-ville” attached to every noun or situation was a beatnik colloquialism from the 1950’s.

My favorite is “dullsville”, but we still have a greeting card from 1960 with a bearded beatnik sending us “A note from Thanksville”.


8 posted on 06/24/2016 5:11:19 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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LOL That greeting card is an authentic antique now. A++


12 posted on 06/24/2016 5:29:47 AM PDT by tioga
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To: elcid1970
“-ville” attached to every noun or situation was a beatnik colloquialism from the 1950’s.

The very first thing I thought of...


15 posted on 06/24/2016 6:36:11 AM PDT by moovova
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