Word: de
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...musicians swung into "Sugar Rose." Fats squealed with delight. "Git ready fo' de jam now!" The boys got ready, and went into a wild jumble of hot rhythm. A clarinet player popped up somewhere and made his instrument screech an improvised sing-song. Fats, his tremendous bulk bobbing in time, shouted hoarse encouragement to his boys. With a final, incomprehensible flourish by the saxes, the jammin' stopped. "Dose cats can take yo' socks right off yo' shoes," gasped Fats...
...elevator to take him up to his own room again. As he was about to step inside, the faint sounds of an insane, improvised jam tune wafted his way. He shook his massive head with pleasure, waggled an enormous after-deck, and croaked at his interviewer, "Yah-man! De joint is jumpin...
Referring to Mr. Bob de Lany's criticism of your use of the word "whop" [TIME, Sept. 13], and your query as to whether readers agree with this gentleman...
...think your description of the crash at Daytona was a commendable try. One thing that might have confused Reader de Lany was the lapse of too much reading time between the whop, crash, and smash. Now (ahem) if you had written it thus: "Suddenly, just after the big transport had drummed some 25 ft. above the highway . . ., there was a rending crack! whop! smash! as the ship slammed full tilt into a pine power pole, as the motors ripped out and fell and the rest of the plane bashed into a palmetto thicket...
With regard to the "Whop, Crack, Smash" article, I heartily agree with Mr. de Lany...