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Word: floy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Marseilles to Macao; Nikita Khrushchev even has one, loaded with Marxian uplift featurettes. Actually, Scopitone's "musies" are descended from U.S. Soundies, which during World War II filled bus terminals and B-girl grottoes with grainy, black-and-white productions of The Flat Foot Floogee with the Floy Floy and A Boy in Khaki, a Girl in Lace. Television and Lucky Strike's Hit Parade put a merciful end to Soundies, but it looks as if Scopitone will be here to stay awhile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Scooby-Ooby Scopitone | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

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