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...time when I would have been more skeptical. In 1993, shortly after the New York Times published a glossary of grunge slang from Seattle, a journal called the Baffler claimed that a prankster had hoodwinked the Times with the notion that grungesters used "swingin' on the flippity-flop" to mean hanging around, and said "harsh realm" rather than "bummer." I was forced to admit publicly that if I hadn't happened to read the Baffler just before a trip to Seattle, which was sure to include some browsing at the mother church of Eddie Bauer, I might well have replied...
...caution brought on by the flippity-flop episode evaporated, though, as my daughters, my only steady source of language freshening, grew up and left home. No longer did I have any way of knowing that Colorado College students called cadets at the nearby Air Force Academy "zoomies" or that the way to end a conversation you no longer had any interest in was to flip a palm toward the speaker and say, "Talk to the hand." If I'm desperate for the latest ghetto slang these days, I'm reduced to lurking on the subway near clots of beautifully turned...
...Gingrich warms the Speaker?s seat, anyway. And that?s good news for the White House, says TIME correspondent Jay Branegan. ?A few weeks ago, Gingrich was vowing to fight hard against Big Tobacco; now he?s back on their side,? says Branegan. ?The White House see this flip-flop as evidence that the Republicans are in the pocket of Big Tobacco, and they?re really pleased...
...carriers say the start-ups flop because they are undercapitalized and poorly run, offering limited routes and flights, with no frequent-flyer clubs and other features. It is a circular argument, of course. The low fares of the upstarts are based on a cost structure that doesn't have such extras as frequent-flyer programs. And the big airlines force them to burn through their start-up capital by stepping up the price wars...
...Four Seasons, Life and the Soho Grand were calling. Oy stress! While Dr. K certainly made the rounds, she skipped over the get together at Flamingo East. Good thing too because rumor has it that the Visionaire event hosted by Gucci goon Tom Ford was a total flop-o-la! All in all, Dr. Know had a tip top time in NYC and a hangover to put in the record books. It's nice to be back in sleepy Crambridge with all you kids...