Word: hog
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...picked up by WEEK, a CBS affiliate, and a syndicated version is now heard on more than 50 stations across the U.S. Deluged with up to 20,000 calls a night, the three superfans attack what they call the "hidden injuries of class" by blasting everyone from politicians who hog tickets to the "phony, bigoted yachtsmen of the New York Yacht Club." Though they have broadened their attack to suit their national audience, they still hit home the hardest. Among their favorite targets are Boston Red Sox Manager Eddie Kasko ("A mealymouthed marshmal-low") and Bruin Star Bobby...
With only two slated Saturdays remaining, the Ivy League faces another's weekend of paired-off infighting an first-place Dartmouth, high on the hog after last week's 30 point victory over Columbia, digs in against second-place Cornell today in Ithaca...
...mandating a review in 1971-72 also required any such study to progress in consultation with the department. Because of the failure to consult with the department, Guinier called the review also violation of the Faculty legislation. Guinier also blasted Dunlop and Bok for setting up an ad hog committee from outside the department to review it. Guinier asked how such a committee could know anything about the operation of the department, which, he said, is considered the finest in the United States. In both speeches, Guinier charged the Administration had not lived up to its commitment to fund...
DILLARD IS CAREFUL to point out that black along, which is often mistaken for Black English, bears no real relationship to the dialect's grammatical structure. Words such as 'chick' for woman, 'squares' for cigarettes, 'hog' for Cadillac, and 'bread' for money are simply colorful additions to Black English and have little to do with the substance of the dialect. In fact, mistaking black slang as Black English leads to the conclusion that the dialect is merely a corruption of English. For example, 'bread' for money is actually a Cockney idiom...
...students in Ontario, Onetime Swimming Champion Buster Crabbe admitted that his Tarzan cries in the movies had all been dubbed. So had those of another noted Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller. "The studio had a recording of three voices," Crabbe explained, "one a soprano, one a baritone and the third a hog caller, who all yelled together...